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WatbarlJ ffioUtst litraro

HENRY LILLIE PIERCE,

OF ROSTOV,
UnHdr a vote of the Pftsidcnl !ind Ftllmvs,

J 3 t.ltio./foa

THE

ANGLO-SAXON VERSION

OF THE STORY

OF

APOLLONIUS OF TYRE,

UPON WHICH IS FOUNDED
THE flJkY OF PERICLES, ATTRIBUTED TO SHAKSPEARE;

FROM A MS. IN THE LIBRARY OF C, C, C, CAMBRIDGE,

WITH

A LITEftAL TRANSLATION, &c.

BY

BENJAMIN THORPE, F.S.A.

LONDON:
JOHN AND ARTHUR ARCH, 01 CORNHILL.

1834.

AUG 23 1900

ALERR

FLAUMAW.

PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

PREFACE.

The object of the Editor in publishing the
following fragment being purely philological,
all matter relating to the original tale, and its se-
veral versions, is purposely avoided, and would,
indeed, be superfluous, the subject having al-
ready been very amply and ably treated both
by Dr. Thomas Warton *, and the late Mr.
Douce*.

The Latin version (of which the Saxon is a
translation) forms the 153rd chapter of the
Gesta Romanorum ; but a more ancient and
better text is that given by Welser, from a ma-
nuscript in the Library of the Abbey of St.
Ulrich and St. Afra at Augsburg^.

Compositions in Anglo-Saxon upon profane
subjects being so few, it is to be much regret-
ted that a fragment only of the Story of
Apollonius of Tyre has been preserved to
us in that ancient dialect.

* History of English Poetry, vol. i. p. clxxvii. 8vo edit.
^ Illustrations of Shakspeare, vol. ii. p. 135.
3 Mctrci Velseri Opera Historica et PJiilohgica, Norimb. 1682«
fol. p. 677.

V PREFACE.

The chasm in the Saxon text is supphed in
the following tran^ation (a few trifling altera-
tions excepted,) from the recent English version
of the Gesta^.

The Anglo-Saxon version of ApoUonius forms
part of the matchless collection of manuscripts
in that tongue preserved in the Library of
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; for the
most liberal use of which (consistent with the
restrictions of the devisor®), and for much kind
attention during the time he was engaged in
transcribing it, the Editor with pleasure oflTers
his grateful acknowledgements to the Rev. Dr.
Lamb, Master of the College. To the Rev.
H. Calthrop, M.A., one of the Fellows, he also
feels greatly indebted for his politeness during
the same period : to his friend, John M. Kem-
ble, Esq., M. A., of Trin. Coll., he has likewise
to offer his thanks, both for the share he kindly
took in the transcription, and for collating the
proofs with the manuscript, as they issued from
the press.

Oxford, May 30, 1834.

^ Gesta Romanorunif &c., by the Rev. Charles Swann. 2 vols.
12mo. 1824. ^ Archbishop Parker.

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.,1 :•

Her onginne^ seo gerecednes be antidche J^am

ungesseligan cingce 3 be apoUonige J?ain^

[tiriscan ealdormen] .

N antiochia fare ceastre wses sum cyningc
antiochus gehaten. sefter fses cyninges
naman wses seo ceaster^ antiochia ge-
ciged. Dises cyninges cw^n wear^ of life
gewiten. be tSare he haefde ane switSe wlitige dohter
ungelifedlicre faegemesse. Mid f i f e heo bicom to
giftelicre yldo. fa gymde h3rre msenig maere man.
micele msertSa beodende.

Da gelamp hit sdrlicum gelimpe. fa t$a se faeder
f ohte hwam he hi mihte healicost forgifau. fa gefeol
his agen mod on hyre lufe mid unrihtre gewihiunge.
to t5am switSe f he forgeat fa faederlican arfaestnesse.
^ gewihiode his agenre dohtor him to gemaeccan. ;j
fa gewihiunge naht lange ne ylde. ac sume dsege on
seme mergen. fa he of slsepe aw6c. he abnec into fam

1 After fam there is an erasure in the MS. The words fol-
lowing are supplied from conjecture. ' MS. ceastre*

B

bure ]>ar heo inne Iseg. "^ het his h3n'ed-men ealle him
aweg gdn. swilce he witS his dohtor sume digle spsece
sprecan wolde. hwset he t5a on tSare manfiillan scilde
abisgode. '3 ]7a ongean-imnendan faemnan mid mi-
cebre streng^e eao:fot$li£ft crfercom. and f gefremede
mdn gewikiode to bedigUanne.

Da geweailJ hit f f aes msedenes fostor-modor into
pam bure eode. '3 geseah hi t5ar sittan on micebe ge-
drefednesse. ^ hire cwaetS to. Hwig eart fu hlsefdige
swa gedrefedes modes. Dset mseden hyre 'jswerode.
Leofe fostor-modor. nu to daeg forwurdon twegen*
setSele naman on J^isum bure. Seo fostor-modor cwset^.
Hlsefdige be hwam cwist fu f, Heo hjn'e "jwirde ;j
cw8e6. iEr t$am dsege minra brid-gifta. ic eom mid
m&nfiilre scilde besmiten. Da cwae'S seo fostor-modor.
Hwa wses aefre swa dirstiges modes f dorste cynges
dohtor gewsemman ser "5am daege hjn'e bryd-gifta. 31
him ne ondrede J^ses cyninges irre. Daet maeden cwsetS.
Arleasnes fa, scilde on me gefremode. Seo fostor-mo-
dor cwse^. Hwi ne segst fu hit ]>inum feeder. Daet
maeden cwaetS. Hwar is se faeder. so'Slice on me earmre
is mines faeder ndmareowlice forworden. ^ me nu for-
5am dea^ f earle gelica^. Seo fostor-modor sotJlice J)a
^a heo gehyrde f f maeden hire deatSes gimde. ^a clio-
pode heo hi hire to mid -li5ere spraece. "j baed f heo
fram fare gewilnunge h3rre mod gewaende. 3 to hire
feeder ^viUan gebuge. ]>eah 5e heo to-geneadod waere.

^ MS. twege.

On ]7isum ]>inguin sot$lice ])urhwunode se arleaa-
esta cyngc antiochus. *3 mid gehywedan mode hine
sylfhe aetywde his ceaster-gewarum. swilce he arfaest
fader ware his dohtor. :i betwux his hiw-cu«um man-
num. He blissode on ^am f he his agenre dohtor wer
wses. ;j to ^am f he hi ^e lengc brucan mihte his
dohtor drleasan brid-beddes. 3 him fram adryfan ]>a
t5e hyre gimdon to rihtum gesynscipimi. he asette
t$a rsedels fua cwet$ende. Swa hwilc man swa minne
rsedels riht arsede. onfo se mynre dohtor to wife, und
se t5e hine misrsede. sy he beheafdod. Hwset is nu
mare ymbe f to sprecanne. buton f cyningas aeg-
hwanon* comon^ 3I ealdormen. for t$am ungelifedlican
wlite fas madenes. ^ f one deat5 hi oferhogodon. ^
|>one radels understodon to aradenne. ac gif heora
hwilc ]>onne purh asmeagimge b6clicre snotomesse
))one radels ariht radde. ]>onne wearS se to beheaf-
dunge gelad. swa same swa se t$e hine ariht ne
radde. and pa heafda ealle wurdon gesette on ufe-
weardan psm geate.

Mid pi sot^lice antiochus se walreowa cyningc on
pysse walreownesse ]>urhwunode. t$a was apoUonius
gehaten sum iung man se waes switSe welig ^ snotor.
"} was ealdorman on tiro ]>are magSe. se getruwode
on his snotomesse 3 on t$a boclican Idre. ^ agan ro-
wan^ 016 f he becom to antiochian. £ode]>ainto t$am

1 MS. seghwano. ' MS. coman.

3 MS. rowa.

b2

cyninge "j cwae'S. Wei gesund cyningc. hwset ic be-
com nu to t$e swa swa to godum f seder ;j arfsestum.
Ic eom so^lice of cynelicum cynne cumen. ^ ic bidde
ymre dohtor me to gemaeccan.

Da "Sa se cyngc f gehyrde -f) he bis wiUes gehy-
ran nolde. he swit$e irlicum andwlitan beseah to 'Sam
iungan cnyhte (ealdormen^) "^ cwae'S. Du iunga
mama, canst t$u ]7one d6m mynre dohtor gifta. Apol-
lonius cwse'S. Ic can ]7one d6m. *3 ic bine set psm.
geate geseah. Da cwsetS se cyningc mid sebilignesse.
Gehir nu pone rsedels. Scelere vereor. matema came
vescor. [(p) is on englisc. (s)cylde ic (f)olige. mod-
dremim]* flsesce ic bruce. Eft he cwsetJ, Quero pa-
trem meum. mee matris virum. uxoris mee filiam.
nee invenio. Dset is on englisc. Ic sece minne feeder,
mynre modor wer. mines wifes dohtor. "^ ic ne finde.

Apollonius pQ, so^lice. onfangenum rsedelse. hine be-
wsende hw6n fram tSam cyninge. ^ mid fy fe he
smeade ymbe f ingehyd. he hit gewan mid wisdome.
-J mid godes fultume he f 866 arsedde. Bewsende hine
pa to ^am cynincge "j cwaetS. Du goda cyningc. fu
asettest rsedels. geh3rr "Su ]>a onfundennesse ymbe f )>u
cwsede. Daet pn scilde ]>oli)dest. ne eart 'Su leogende on
t5am. beseoh to tSe silfum. And f fu cwsede. mod-
drenum flsesce ic bruce. ne eart "Su on "Sam leogende.
beseoh to J^inre dohtor.

* In the MS. the word ealdormen is written over cnyhte.
3 The words within brackets are from a marginal note.

Mid J)y f e se cyningc gehirde f apoUonius fone
raedels swa rihte arsedde. fa ondred he f hit to wid-
cu6 wsere. beseah t$a mid irlicum andwlitan to him
•3 cwsetS. Du iunga man. fu eart feor fram rihte. fu
dwelast. ■] nis naht j) fu segst. ac J)u haefst beheaf-
dunge ge-eamad. nu laete ic tSe to frittigra dagafaece.
f fu bef ence tJone raedels ariht. ^ "Su sit5^an onfoh
mimre dohtor to wife. 31 gif Cu f ne dest. fu scealt
oncnawan f one gesettan d6m. Da weartJ apollonius
swit$e gedrefed. 3 mid his geferum on scip astah. ^
reow ot$ -p he becom to tirum.

So'Slice sefter pom, ]>a apollonius afaren wses. antio-
chus se cyningc him to gecigde his dihtnere. se was
thaliarcus gehaten. Thaliarce. eaka mynra digol-
nessa myn se getrywesta fegn. wite fu f apollonius
ariht arsedde mynne raedels. astih nu rsedlice on scip
31 fieir sefter him. ;] ]>onne )>u him to becimie. porme
acwel ^u hine. mid isene. ot56e mid attre. f f u mage
freodom onf6n f onne f u ongean cymst. Thaliarcus
8ona swa he f geh3rrde. he gendm mid him ge feoh
ge attor 31 on scip astah 31 f6r sefter ]>am unscsetS^ian
apollonie. otJ t$set he to his etSle becom. Ac apollonius
]7eah-hwse^re ser becom to his agenan. ^ into his huse
code. ^ his b6c-ciste untynde. "^ asmeade fone rsedels.
sefter ealra utSwitena '3 chaldea wisdome.

Mid pi pQ he naht elles ne onfunde. buton f he ser
gej'ohte. he cwsetJ fa to him^ilfum. Hwset dest f u nu
apolloni. t$ses cynges rsedels fu asmeadest. ;j fu his

b3

6

dohtor ne onfenge. for^am ]>u eart nu fordemed f
J)u ac weald wur^e. ') he fa tit eode. "j het his scip mid
hwaete gehlaestan. ^ mid micclum gewihte goldes ^
seolfres. ^ mid maenifealdum *;) genihtsumum reafiun.
J swa mid feawum ]>am getrywestmn mamium on
scip astah. on t5are ]>riddan tide )>are nihte. ') sloh lit
on 9a sae. Da t$y seftran dsege waes apollonius gesoht
^ geacsod. ac he ne waes nahwar fimdon. Dar wearS
9a micel morcnung ') ormaete w6p. swa f se heaf
swegde geond ealle ]>a ceastre. Sot51ice swamicele lufe
haefde eal seo ceaster-waru to him. f hi lange tid eo-
don ealle unscorene ';} sid-feaxe. '^ heora waforlican
plegan forleton. ^ heora bat3a belucon.

Da 9a ]>as )>ingc 9us gedone waeron on tiron. 9a
becom se foresaeda thaliarcus. se waes fram antiocho
)>am cynincge. he waes asaend to 9am f he scolde
apollonium acwellan. Da he geseah f ealle )>as ]>ingc
belocene waeron. ]>a cwae9 he to dnnm cnapan. Swa
9u gesund sy. sege me for hwilcum intingum J^eos
ceaster wunige on swa micclum heafe ■;) wope. Him
"^swerode se cnapa "3 pus cwae9. Eala hu mdnful
man ]>u eart. 9u \>e w4st f )>u aefter axsast. o99e hwaet
is manna fe nyte. ^ feos ceaster-waru on heafe wu-
na9. for9am 9e apollonius* se ealdorman faennga na-
hwar ne aet]f wde. si99an he ongean com fram antiochio
)>am cyninge. Da ]>a thaliarcus f g^hyrde. he mid
micclan gefean to scipe^^aende. "3 mid gewisre segl-

'MS. apollianus.

*

*r ^ . ^j.

unge. binnon 4num dsege com to antiochian. 3 eode
in to pam cynge "j cwae'5. Hlaford cyngc. glada nu
^ blissa. foi^am )>e apollonius him ondrset ]>ines rices
msegna. swa f he ne dear nahwar gewunian. Da
cwse^ se cyningc. Fle6n he maeg. ac he aetfle6n ne
mseg. He fa antiochus se cyningc gesette pis geban.
)>us cwet$ende. Swa hwilc man swa me apollonium
lifigendne to gebring^. ic him gife iifti piinda goldes.
J fam t$e me his heafod to gebring?. ic gife him. c.
punda goldes.

Da fa fis geban f us geset waes. fa waeron mid git-
sunge beswicene. na ^ ^ his find ac eac swilce his
frind. ^ him sefter foron.^ "j hine geond ealle eorSan
sohton. ge on diin-landum. ge on wuda-landum. ge
on diglum stowum. ac he ne wearS nahwar fimden.^
Da het se cyngc scipa geg:edrcian. ■] him after f^ran.
ac hit wses lang ser t$am fe t5a scipa gegearcode waeron.
"^ apollonius becom aer to tharsum. Da sume daege
eode he be stngide. fa geseah hine sum his cut5ra
manna se waes hellanicus gen^mnod. se fa aerest f ider
com. Da eode he to apollonium ^ cwae^. Wei ge-
sund hlaford apolloni. Da forseah he apollonius cyr-
lisces mannes gretinge. aefter ricra manna gewunan.
Hellanicus hine eft sona gegrette "] cwae^. Wei gesund
apolloni. ■] ne forseoh ^u cyrliscne man f e bit$ mid
wurSfullum feawimi gefraetwod. ac gehyr nu fram
me f fu silfa n4st. De is sotJlice micel f eart f f u t5e

^ MS. foran. ^ ^S. fundon.

8

wamige. foi^am J?e ^u eart fordemed. Da cwsetJ apol-
lonius. Hwa mihte me fordeman. minre agenre feode
ealdorman. Hellanicus cwae^. Antiochus se cyngc.
Apollonius cwsetJ. For hwilcum intingum h8ef6 he
me fordemed. Hellanicus saede. For^am J>e fu gimd-
est f J>u wsere 'p se faeder is. Apollonius cwaetJ. Mic-
clum ic eom fordemed. Hellanicus saede. Swa hwilc
man swa t$e lifigende to him bring^. onfo se fiftig
punda goldes. se t$e him bringe ]>in heafod. onfo se
hund-teontig punda goldes. for^am ic t$e laere f \ni
fleo ■;) beorge )>inum life.

-^fter fysum wordum. hellanicus fram him ge-
waende. ^ apollonius het hine eft to him geclipian "j
cwaetS to him. Daet wyrreste fingc fu didest f J?u me
wamodest. njrm nu her aet me hund-teontig punda
goldes. ^ far to antiocho J»am cynge. ^ sege him f
me sy f heafod fram fam hneccan acorfen. ■;) bring f
word pam cynge to blisse. )>onne hafast J?u mede ;]
eac claene handa fram )>aes imscae$]>igan blodes. Da
cwaet5 hellanicus. Ne gewiu^e ^ hlaford. f ic mede
nime aet t5e for fisum )>ingum. forSon pe mid godum
mannum nis nat$er ne gold ne seolfor wit5 godes man-
nes freondscipe witJmeten. Hi to-eodon Sa mid ]>isum
wordum. and apollonius sona gemette otJerne cut5ne
man ongean hine g4n )>aes nama waes stranguilio
gehaten. Hlaford geong apolloni. hwaet dest t$u })us
gedrefedum mode on ]>isum lande. Apollonius cwaet5.
Ic gehirde secgan f ic wsere fordemed. Stranguilio

cwsetJ. Hwa fordemde fe. Apollonius cwaetJ. Antio-
chus se cyngc. Stranguilio cwaetJ. For h"^ilcum intin-
gum. Apollonius ssede. For^am Ipe ic bsed his dohtor
me to gemseccan. be )>are ic mseg to sot$e secgan f
heo his agen gemsecca waere, foi^am gif hit gewur^an
mseg. ic wille me bedihlian on eowrum et$le. Da cwsetS
stranguilio. Hlaford apolloni. ure ceaster is ]>earfende.
^ ne maeg ]>ine se'Selborennesse acuman. for^on "Se we
]x)lia'S pone heardestan hungor ^ fone ret5estan. •]
minre ceaster-waru nis n4n haelo hiht. ac se wselreow-
esta stent setforan urum eagum.

Da cwsetS apollonius. Min se leofesta freond stran-
guilio. )>anca gode f he me fiiman hider to eowrum
gemseran gelsedde. ic sille eowrum ceaster- warum *
hund-teontig ]>usenda mitta hwsetes. gif ge minne
fleam bediglia'S. Mid pi ye stranguilio f gehirde. he
hine astrehte to his fotum "3 cwsetS. Hlaford apol-
loni. gif t5u ]>issere hungrige ceaster- waran gehelpest.
na "^ dn ^ we willat$ )>inne fleam bediglian. ac eac
swilce fe neod gebiratJ. we willa^ campian for ^inre
haelo. Da astah apollonius on f d6m-setl on "Sare
strsete ■] cw3e'5 to ^am "^weardan ceaster- warum. Ge
tharsysce ceaster- waran. ic apollonius se tirisca eal-
dorman eow cy^e. f ic gelife f ge willan beon ge-
mindige ]>issere fremfulnesse *;) minne fleam bedig-
lian. wite eac f antiochus se cyngc me aflimed haeftS
of minum earde. ac for eowre gesseltJe gefultumigend

^ MS. geceaster-warum.

10

gode. ie eom hider cumen. ic sille eow so^lice hund-
teontig )>usenda mittan hwsetes. to 'Sam wiiifSe ]>e ic
hit gebohte on minum lande.

Da ^a f folc*^ gehirde, hi wseron bliSe gewordene
-} him geome ]>ancodon. ^ to-geflites J)one hwsete up
bseron. Hwaet Sa apoUonius forlet his ]>one wurSful-
Ian cynedom ^ mangeres naman* ]>ar gendm ma
])onne gifendes. ■;) ^ wyi^ fe he mid fam hwaete ge-
ndm he ageaf sona agean to Sare ceastre bote. Dset
folc wear^ Sa swa fagen his cystignessa ^ swa )>anc-
ful. f hig worhton him ine anlicnesse of dre. ]>e^ on
t$are strsete st6d. ^ midSare swiSran hand pone hwaete
hl6d '1 mid ])am winstran fet )>a mittan trsed. ') ]>aron
)>us awriton^. Das gifu sealde seo ceasterwaru on
tharsum. apollonio ]>am tiriscan. foi^am ^e he [•p*'\
folc of hungre alesde. ^ heora ceastre gestaSolode.

^fter ]>isum hit gelamp binnon feawum monSum.
f stranguilio *;) dionisiade his wif gelaerdon apollonium
Sset he ferde on scipe to pentapolim )>are ciriniscan
birig. ■;) cwaedon. f he mihte far bediglad beon'^ far
wunian. and ^ folc hine Ipa. mid unasecgendlicre wnrS-
mynte to scipe gelaeddon. -^ apoUonius hi bsed ealle
gretan* ^ on scip astah. Mid ]>i fe hig ongunnon J>a
rowan. ■;) hi forSwerd wseron on heora weg. J>a wearS
Sare sae smiltnesse awaend faeringa betwux twam ti-
dum. 3 weart5 micel reownes aweht. swa f seo sae

1 MS. nama. 2 MS. 'j. ^ MS. awriten.

* Not in MS. s MS. greton.

11

cnyste pa heofonlican tungla. ;] f gewealc fara yt$a
hwatSerode mid windum. psn to-eacan comon ^ east-
noi^eme windas. 3 se dngrislica sutS-westema wind
him ongean st6d. "3 f scip eall tobserst on "Sissere
egeslican reownesse. Apollonius geferan ealle for-
wurdon to dea^e. "3 apollonius ^a becom mid snnde
to pentapolim )>am ciriniscan lande. ') ]>ar up-eode
on t$am strande. Da st6d he nacod on )>am strande
"3 beheold ]>a sse '-j cwse'S. Eala )>u sse neptune. manna
bereafigend ■] unscae^'Sigra beswicend. pu eart wael-
reowra fonne antiochus se cyngc, for minum }>ingum
)>u geheolde ]>as wselreownesse. ^ ic ]>urh Se gewuiSe
waedla "j ]>earfa. "j -p se waelreowa* cyngc me fy eaSe
ford6n mihte. hwider mseg ic nu faran. hwaes mseg ic
biddan. oSSe hwa gif ]>am uncut^an lifes fultum.

Mid pi pe he )>as )>ingc wses sprecende to him silf-
um. ]>a faeringa geseah he sumne fiscere gin. to ]>am he
beseah 3 ]>us sarlice cwaetS. Gemiltsa me pu ealda man.
sy f ]>u sy. genuldsa me nacodnm forlidenum. nses
na of earmlicum birdum geborenum. "3 Saeis t$e t5u
gearo forwite hwam t$u gemiltsige. ic eom apollonius
se tirisca ealdorman. Da sona swa se fiscere geseah
f se iunga man aet his fotum laeg. he mid mildheort-
nesse hine up-ah6f "3 laedde hine mid him to his huse.
3 t$a estas him beforan legde ]>e he him to beodenne
haefde. Da git he wolde be his mihte mdran faestnesse
him gecytSan. tosldt pa his waefels on tw4 -;} sealde

1 MS. coman. ^ MS. wslreownessa.

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apoUonige ]>one healfeui dsel. )>us cwe^ende. Nim f
ic ye to sillenne habbe *;) ga into Sare ceastre. w6n is
f )>u gemete sumne f )>e gemiltsige. gif "Su ne finde
naenne )>e ]>e gemiltsian wille. wsend ]>oime hider on-
gean "3 genihtsumige unc bam mine litlan sehta. ^ far
t$e on fiscnoS mid me. )>eah hwsetSre ic mynegie )>e
gif t$u fultumiendum becymst to "Sinum aerran wurS-
mynte. f ]>u ne forgite mine )>earfendlican gegirlan.
Da cwsetS apollonius. Grif ic ]>e ne ge)>ence )>onne me
bet bit$. ic wisce f ic eft forlidennesse gefeure ^ ]>inne
gelican eft ne gemete.

-^fter )>isum wordimi he eode on fone weg fe him
getseht waes. 0*5 tSset he becom to pare ceastre geate
3 t$ar in-eode. Mid pi pe he pohte hwsene he byddan
mihte lifes fiiltum. pa geseah he senne nacodne cna-
pan geond pa strsete yman. se wses mid ele gesme-
rod ^ mid scitan begird ^ bser iungra manna plegan
on handa. to 9am bseS-stede belimpende. "j cliopode
micebre stsefhe "^ cwsetS. Gehyre* ge ceaster-waran.
gehyre ge aelt^eodige. frige ■] peowe. setJele ^ unae'Sele.
se bse^-stede is open. Da t$a apollonius f gehirde.
he bine unscridde pam healfeui scicelse tSe he on-hsefde.
^ eode in to "Sam pweale. ^ mid pi pe he beheold heora
4nra gehwilcne on heora weorce. he sohte his gelican.
ac he ne mihte bine par findan on t$am fiocce. Da
faeringa com arcestrates ealre pare peode cyningc. mid
micelre maenio his manna. "} in-eode on f baeS. Da

^ MS. gehyran.

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agan se cyngc plegan wi^ his geferan mid }>otSere. "]
apollonius hine gemaegnde swa swa god wolde on
8aes cyninges plegan. ■;) yrnende pone "So^or gelsehte.
•3 mid swiftre raednesse geslegene. ongean gessende to
t$am plegendan cynge. eft he agean assiende. he raed-
lice sloh. swa he hine naefre feallan ne let. Se cyngc
t$a oncneow faes iimgan snelnesse f he wiste f he
nsefde his gelican on ])am plegan. Da cw8et5 he to his
geferan. Gat$ eow heonon. }>es cniht ]>9es }>e me }>inct$ ^
is min gelica.

Da t$a apollonius gehyrde ^ se cjndng hyne he-
rede, he am raedlice ^ genealsehte to t5am cyhge. ■;)
mid gelaeredre handa he swang ]>one top mid swa
micelre swiftnesse. f fam^ cynge waes gefuht swilce
he of ylde to iugutJe gewsiend waere. "j siefter fam on
his cyne-setle he him gecwemlice t5enode. ;] fa "Sa he
dt eode of i5am baetSe. he hine Isedde be ]>are handa.
^ him J?a sitJ^an ]>anon gewsende f aes weges fe he ser
com. , Da cwsetS se C3mingc to his mannum. sit58an
apollonius agan waes. Ic swerige }>urh t5a gemaenan
haelo f ic me naefre bet ne bat5ode )>onne ic dide to
daeg. ndt ic )>urh hwilces iunges mannes )>enunge. Da
beseah he hine to anum^ his manna ;] cwaet5. Ga "3
gewite hwaet se iunga man sy J>e me to daeg swa wel
gehirsumode. Se man t$a eode aefter apollonio. Mid

r

]>i pe he geseah f he waes mid horhgum scicelse be-
waefed. J>a waende he ongean to tSam cynge ;] cwaetJ.

J MS. J>ing«. 2 MS. se. 3 MS, dn.

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14

Se iunga man ]>e ]>u eefter axsodest is forliden man.
Da cw8et$ se cyng. Durhhwset wdsttSuf . Se man him
•jswerode 3 cwse^. Deah he hit silf forswige. his gegirla
hine geswutelatS. Da c woe's se cyngc. Ga rsedlice "3 sege
him f se cyngc bit "Se f t$u cume to his gereorde.

. Da apollonius "p gehyrde. he pam gehyrsumode 3
eode forS mid ]>am men. 66 f he becom to ^ses cynges
healle. Da eode se man in befbran to ^am cynge 3
cwsetS. Se forlidena' man is cimien)>e "Sa aefter ssendest.
ac he ne mseg for scame ingan buton scrude. Da het
se cyngc hine sona gescridan mid wurSfullan scrude.
3 het hine ingan to t$am gereorde. Da eode apollo-
nius in. -} gesset )>ar him getseht waes. ongean Sone
cyngc. Dar wear5 Sa seo J^enung ingeboren. "^ sefter
|7am cynelice gebeorscipe. ^ apollonius n&n twinge ne
set. "Seah t$e ealle oSre men aeton '^ bliSe wseron. ac
he beheold f gold ^ f seolfor ^ t$a deorwurSan reaf 3
]>a beodas 3 pa cynelican )»enunga. Da t$a he ]>is eal
mid samesse beheold. t$a sset sum eald ^ sum aefestig
ealdorman be ]>am cynge. mid )>i pe he geseah "^ apol-
lonius swa sarlice sset. "^ ealle )>ingc beheold. 3 ndn
t$ingc ne set. tSa cwseS he to ^am cynge. Du goda
cyngc. efhe fes man fe J)u swa wel wiS gedest. he is
swit5e sefestfiil for t$inum gode. Da cwsetS se cyngc.
De mis]>incS^. so'Slice )>es iunga man ne sefestigaS on
n4num Singum t$e he her gesih'S. ac he cyS f [he 3]
hsefS fela fbrloren. Da beseah arcestrates se cyngc

1 MS. forlidene. ^ MS. mis>ingt^. & Not in MS.

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bli^um andwlitan to apollonio ^ cwaetS. Du iunga
man. beo bli^e mid us 3 gehiht on god. f )>u mote
silf to Sam sekan becuman.

Mid ]>i "Se se C3ming ]>a8 word gecw8et$. "Sa faeringa
j>ar code in tJses cynges lunge dohtor. "^ cyste byre fee-
der "2 Sa 3rmbsittendan. Da b^o becom to apollonio. }>a
gewaende beo ongean to bire faeder 3 cwse'S. Du goda
cyningc "^ min se leofesta f seder, bwset is ]>es iunga
man. pe ongean "Se on swa wurSlicum sede sit., mid
sarlicum ;]wlitan. ndt ic bwaet be besorgaS. Da cwsetS
se C3ndngc. Leofe ' dobtor. )>es iunga man is forliden.
3 be gecwemde me manna betst on "Sam plegan^ for-
Sam ic bine gelat$ode to "Sysum urum gebeorscipe.
ndt ic bwset be is ne bwanon be is. ac gif t$u wille
witan bwset be sy. axsa bine. forSam )>e gedafenaS f
pn wite. Da eode f maeden to apollonio. "3 mid for-
wandigendre sprsece cwseS. Deab Su stille^ sy ^ un-
r6t. )»eab ic ]>ine aeSelborennesse on Se geseo. nu
ponne gif Se to befig ne piace. sege me pinne naman.
"2 ]>in gelymp arece me. Da cwseS apoUonius. Grif Su
for neode axsast sefter minum naman^. ic secge pe. ic
bine forleas on sae. gif Su wilt mine aeSelborennesse
witan. wite Su f ic big forlet on tbarsum. Daet mae-
den cwaeS. Sege me gewislicor. f ic bit maege under-
standan. ApoUonius pa soSlice byre arebte ealle bis
gelymp. "3 aet ]>are spraecan ende bim feoUon tearas of
Sam eagum.

> MS. leofa. 3 MS. stilli. 3 MS. namon.

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16

Mid "pj ]>e se cyngc f geseah. he bewaende hine
tJa to ^are dohtor ■] cwsetS. Leofc* dohtor. J)u ge-
singodest. mid py V^ ]'^ "woldest witan his naman j
his gelimp. )ni hafieust nu ge-edniwod his ealde sar. ac
ic bidde fe f fu gife him swa hwat swa 8u wille.
Da Sa f maeden gehirde f hire wses alyfed fram hire
fiseder f heo ar hyre silf ged6n wolde. ^a cwsetJ heo
to apollouio. Apolloni. sot51ice J?u eart ure. forlat
fine murcnunge. ■;) nu ic mines faeder leafe habbe. ic
gedo fe weligne. Apollonius hire pxs ]>ancode. "3 se
cyngc blissode on his dohtor welwillendnesse ■;) hyre
to cwstfS. Leofe^ dohtor. hat feccan fine hearpan. "j
gecig Se to finum frynd. 'y afirsa fram f am iungaa
his samesse.

Da code heo ut ■;) het feccan hire hearpan. "j sona
swa heo hearpian^ ongan. heo mid winsumum sange
gemaegnde fare hearpan sweg. Da ongunnon ealle
fa men hi herian on hyre sweg-craeft. y apollonius dna
swigode. Da cwaetS se cyningc. Apolloni. nu Su dest
yfele. forSam f e ealle men heriatJ mine dohtor on hjrre
sweg-craefte. y fu dna hi swigende taelst. Apollonius
cwae'5. EalaSug6da cyngc. gif tJu me gelifet. ic secge
•p ic ongite f sotJlice fin dohtor gefeol on sweg-craeft.
ac heo naefS hine na wel geleomod. ac hat me nu
sillan fa hearpan. f onne w^t fu nu f fu git ndst.
Arcestrates se cyning cwaeS. ApoHoni. ic oncnawe
sotSlice f f u eart on eallum f ingum wel gelaered. Da

^ MS. leofa. ^ MS. heapian.

J7

het se cyng sillan apollonige ]>a hearpan. ApoUonius
pa, ut eode ^ hine scridde 3 sette seime cyne-helm
uppon his heafod 3 ndm )>a hearpan on his hand 3 in-
eode. ^ swa st6d f se cyngc 3 ealle )>a ymbsittendan
w^ndon ^ he nsere apollonius ac f he wsere apollines
'Sara hseSenra god. Da wear^ stilnes '■} swige gewor-
den innon Sare healle. "3 apollonius his hearpe-nsegl
genim. '■j he ]>a hearpe-strengas nud craefte astirian
ongan. ;] pare hearpan sweg mid winsumum sange
gemsegnde. ;] se cjmgc silf ;] ealle J>e far andwearde
wseron micelre staefiie diopodon ^ hine heredon.
iEfter )>isum forlet apollonius pa hearpan ■;) plegode^
;] fela faegera pinga par for^teah. pe pam folce unge-
cnawen« waes y ungewunelic. ■] heom ealliun pearle
licode sdc para pinga "Se he forSteah.

Sot^lice mid py pe pses cynges dohtor geseah f
apollonius on eallum g6dum erseftum swa wel waes
getogen. pa gefeol hyre mod on his lufe. Da sefter
pses beorscipes ge-endunge. cwaetJ f maeden to Sam
cynge. Leofa faeder. pu lyfdest me litle aer f ic
moste gifan apollonio swa hwaet swa ic wolde of pi-
num gold-horde. Arcestrates se cyng cwaeS to h)rre.
Gif him swa hwaet swa Su wille. Heo Sa sweoSe
bliSe ut-eode ■] cwaeS. L4reow apolloni. ic gife pe
be mines faeder leafe. twa hund punda goldes. ;] feo-

1 MS. plegod.

^ MS. ungecnawe. Grammatical correctness requires, unge-^
cnawene waeron '^ ungewunelice.

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wer hund piinda gewihte seolfres. ;] )>one msestan dsei
deorwui^an reafes. "j twentig Seowa manna. And heo
)>a J'us cwsetS to t$am )>eowum mannum. Bera'S )>as
pingc mid eow pe ic behet apoUonio minum Idreowe.
"3 lecgaS innon bure. beforan minum freondum. Dis
weai^ J>a fus gedon. aefter pare cw^ne hsese. "j ealle
J>a men hire gife heredon t$e big gesawon. Da soC-
lice ge-endode se ^ gebeorscipe. "j pa men ealle arison.
■] gretton J)one cyngc "j t$a cwene. "j bsedon big ge-
sunde b^on. ^ h4m gewsendon. Eac swilce apoUo-
nius cwae^. Du g6da cyngc ■] earmra gemiltsigend.
3 fu cw6n 16re Infigend. b^on ge gesimde. He be-
seab eac to t$am peowum mannum pe f maeden him
forgifen haefde. "^ beom cwsetJ to. Nimat5 pas ping
mid eow pe me seo cw6n forgeaf. ;] gdn we secan
ure gest-htis f we magon us gerestan.

Da adred f maeden ^ heo nsefre eft apollonium ne
gesawe swa rat5e swa heo wolde. ■] code pa to hire
f seder 3 cwae^. Du g6da cyningc. Iicat5 t$e wel f
apollonius pe purh us to daeg geg6dod is. pus heonon
fare, "j cuman yfele men ■] bereafian bine. Se cyngc
cwseS. Wel pu cwsede. hat* him findan hwar he bine
msege wurSlicost gerestan. Da dide f mseden swa
byre beboden waes. ^ apollonius onfengpare wununge
tSe hym betaeht waes "^ "Sar in-eode. gode pancigende "Se
him ne forwymde cynelices wur^scipes "j frofre^. Ac
f maeden haefde unstille niht. mid pare lufe onaeled

1 MS, pe. 3 MS. haet, » MS. frofres.

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Jmra worda 3 sanga J>e heo gehyrde aet apollonige. ■]
na leng heo ne g6b4d ^onne hit daeg waes. ac eode
sona swa hit leoht wses. *;) gessiet beforaa hire feeder
bedde. Da cwaetJ se cyngc. Leofe^ dohtor. forhwi
eart t$u fus ser-wacol. Daet mseden cwse^. Me aweht-
on fa gecneordnessan fe ic girstan-daeg gehyrde. nu
bidde ic ^e forSam. f ]?u befaeste me urum cuman
apoUonige to 14re. Da weart$ se cyningc fearle ge-
blissod "J het feccan apollonium ■] him to cwaetS.
Min dohtor gim^ f heo mote leornian aet t5e t5a ge-
sseligan 14re t$e J>u canst, "j gif t$u wilt fisiim fingum
gehyrsum be6n. ic swerige t5e furh mines rices maeg-
na. f swa hwaet swa t5u on sae forlure. ic t5e f on
lande gesta^elige. Da t$a apollonius f gehyrde. he
onfengc )>am maedenne to Idre. 3 hire taehte swa wel
swa he silf geleomode.

Hyt gelamp 18a aefter )>isum. binnon feawum tidum.
f arcestrates se cyngc heold apollonius hand on
handa. ') eodon swa tit on tSafe ceastre straete. Da aet
nyhstan comon "Sar g^ai ongean hy fry gelaerede we-
ras "J aefelborene. fa lange aer gimdon faes cjminges
dohtor. hi tJa ealle fry togaedere dnre staefhe gretton
fone cyngc. Da smercode se cyng ■;) heom to beseah
■] f us^cwae^. Hwaet is -p ^ ge me 4nre staefne gretton.
Da andswerode heora 4n ■] cwaet5. We baedon gefim
fynre dohtor. "} fu us oft raedlice mid elcunge ge-
swaenctest. fortSam we comon hider to daeg f us togae-

1 MS, Leofa.

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dere. we syndon fyne ceaster-gewaran. of set^elum
gebjrrdiim geborene. nu bidde we f e f pu geceose fe
senne of us frym. hwilcne J>u wille fe to a^ume hab-
ban. Da cwaeS se cyngc. Nabbe ge n4 g6dne timan
aredodne. min dohtor is nu switJe bisy ymbe hyre leor-
nunge ^ ac f e laes pe ic eow a leng slaece. awritaS eowre
naman on gewrite ;] hire morgen-gife. fonne assende
ic fa gewrita minre dohtor. f heo sylf geceose hwilcne
eower^ heo wille. Da didon 6a cnihtas swa. ') se
cyngc n&m fa gewrita '-j ge-inseglode hi mid his
ringe 3 sealde apollonio fus cwet$ende. Nim nu
Idreow apolloni. swa hit fe ne mislicyge. ') bryng
finum Iserincg-msedene. Da n4m apollonius fa ge-
writa 3 code to tJare cynelican healle.

Mid f am f e ^ mseden geseah apollonium. fa cwaetS
heo. L^reow hwi gaest t5u dna. Apollonius cwae^.
Hlaefdige naes git yfel wif. nim t$as gewrita 6e fin
faeder f e ssende "3 rsed. Dset mseden n4m ') raedde
fara freora cnihta naman ac heo ne funde na fone
naman f aron fe heo wolde. Da heo fa gewrita ofer-
rsed hsefde. 6a beseah heo to apollonio ;] cw8e6. L4-
reow. ne off inctS^ hit 6e gif ic fus wer geceose. Apol-
lonius cw8e6. Na ac ic blissige swi^or f fu miht
tJurh "Sa l^re f e f u set me underfenge. f e silf on ge-
write gecy^an hwilcne heora fu wille. min willa is
•p f u tJe wer geceose far 6u silf wille. Daet mseden
cwse'S. Eala l&reow. gif tSu me lufodest fu hit be-

MS. leornunga. * MS. eowerne. 8 MS. f ing?f.

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sorgodest. ^Efter ])isum wordum heo mid modes dn-
rsednesse awrdt o^er gewrit j f ge-inseglode 3 sealde
apollonio. Apollonius hit ])a tit bser on t$a straete 3
sealde f am cynge. Daet gewrit waes fus gewriten.
Du goda cyngc 3 min se leofesta feeder, nu )>in mild-
heortnes^ me leafe sealde j) ic silf moste ceosan
hwilcne wer ic wolde. ic secge t$e to sot$an fone for-
lidenan man ic wille. 3 gif t$u wundrige j) swa scam-
fsest fsemne swa unforwandigendlice t5as word awrdt:
ponne wite f u f ic haebbe furh weax aboden t$e nine
scame ne can f ic silf ^e for scame secgan ne mihte.

Da t5a se cjmingc hsefde j) gewrit ofer-raed. fa niste
he hwilcne forlidenne^ heo n^mde. beseah t$a to t$am
frim cnihtum 3 cwaetJ. Hwilc eower is forliden. Da
cw8et$ heora dn se hatte ardalius. Ic eom forliden. Se
otJer him "^wirde j cwsetJ. Swiga tJu. adl fe for-
nime f fu ne beo h41 ne gesimd. mid me fu b6c-
crseft leomodest. j t$u nsefre butoh fare ceastre geate
fram me ne come, hwar gefore t$u forlidennesse. Mid
t$i f e se cyngc ne mihte findan hwilc heora forliden
waere. he beseah to apollonio j cwae^. Nim t$u apol-
loni fis gewrit -3 rad hit. eatJe mseg gewurSan f
f u wite f ic nkt, t5u t$e far andweard waere. Da n4m
apollonius j) gewrit "■} raedde. 3 sona swa he ongeat
f he gelufod wses fram t$am msedene. his andwlita
eal areodode. Da se cyngc j) geseah. fa ndm he
apollonies hand. 3 hine hwon fram fam cnihtum

' MS. mildbeortnesse. ^ MS. forlidene.

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gewsende 3 cw8e6. W&st )>u }K)ne forlidenan man;
Apollonius cwsetS. Du goda cyning. gif ])in "willa
bit$ ic bine wdt. Da ge&eah se cyngc f apollonius
mid rosan rude wses eal oferbrseded^ ]>a ongeat he
)K)ne cwyde 3 ]>U8 cwse^ to him. Blissa^ blissa. apol-
loni. foi^am fe min dohtor gewilnatS ]>9es t$e min willa
is. ne mseg sot^lice on ]>illicon )>ingon n4n ]>inc ge*
wurtSan buton godes willan. Arcestrates beseah to
jMim frfm cnihtum 3 cwsetJ. Sot$ is -p ic eow ser
saede. '^ ge ne comon on gedafenlicre tide mynre
dohtor to biddanne. ac )>onne heo mseg hi fram hyre
Idre gesemtigan ]>onne ssende ic eow word.

Da gewsendon hi hdm mid )>issere andsware. "} ar-
cestrates se C3mgc heold for$ on apollonius hand -}
hine laedde h4m mid him. na swilce he cuma wsere
ac swilce he his at$um wsere. Da set ilyxstan forlet se
cyng apollonius hand. 3 code 4na into t$am bure far
his dohtor inne wses 3 fus cwse^. Leofe dohtor.
hwsene hafast ]>u i5e gecoren to gemseccan. Dset
mseden fa feol to hyre feeder fotum j cwsetJ. Du ar-
£»sta fseder. gehyr f inre dohtor willan. ic lufige f one
forlidenan man t$e wses furh ungelymp beswicen. ac
fi Ises fe fe tweonige fare sprsece. apollonium ic
wille. minne IdreoW. j gif f u me him ne silst. fu for-
laetfit t5ine dohtor. Se cyng "Sa sotJlice ne mihte arsef-
nian his dohtor tearas. ac arserde hi up j hire to
cwaetS. Leofe dohtor. ne ondrset fu t$e seniges f inges.

' MS. blisa.

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' fu hafast gecoren fone wer fp me wel licat$. Eode
tSa ut ■] beseah to apollonio "3 cwat5. Ldreow apol-
loni. ic smeade minre dohtor modes willan. t$a arehte
heo me mid wope betweox o^re spraece. ))as )>mgc t$us
cwet5ende. Du geswore apollonio. gif he wolde ge-
hirsumian minum willan on Mre. f ]>u woldest him
ge-innian swa hwaet swa seo sse him setbrsed. nu for-
tSam f e he geh3nrsum wses J^inre haese 3 minum wil-
lan. ic for sefter him * * * *

* * * * Da W8BS hyre gecyd fe t5ar
ealdor waes. f far wsere cumen sum cyngc mid his
a^ume 3 mid his dohtor mid micclum gifum. Mid
]>am ]>e heo f gehirde. heo hi silfe mid cyuelicum
reafe gefrsetwode. 3 mid purpran gescridde. -} hire
heafod mid golde ^ mid gimmon geglsengde. :) mid
micclum faemnena heape 3nnbtrimed. com togeanes
)>am cynge. Heo waes sot$lice ])earle wlitig. ^ for

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t$are micclan lufe ])are claennesse. hi saedon ealle ^
])ar nsere n^ dianan swa gecweme swa heo.

Mid )>am ]>e apollonius f geseah. he mid his a'Sume
3 mid his dohtor to hyre umon "3 feollon ealle to
hire fotum. j w^nde f heo diana waere seo giden for
hyre ^ micclan beorhtnesse j wlite. Dset hali em wearS
t5a geopenod. 3 fa lac wseron in-gebrohte. j apollo-
nius ongan t$a sprecan "■} cwet$an. Ic fram cildhade
wses apollonius gen^mnbd. on tirum geboren. mid
]>am ]>e ic becom to fullon andgite. ]>a naes n&a craeft
t$e waere fram cyncgum* began otJtJe fram eet^elum
mannum f ic ne cut5e. ic araedde antiochus rsedels
f ses cynges. to f on -^ ic his dohtor underfenge me to
gemseccan. ac he silfa wses mid ]>am flilestan horwe
'pBxto gepeod, j me ]>a sirwde to ofsleanne. Mid )>am
fe ic f forfleah. fa wear5 ic on sae forliden. ■] com
to cyrenense. tJa underfenge me arcestrates se cyngc
mid swa micelre lufe. f ic aet nyhstan ge-earnode f
he geaf me his acaennedan dohtor to gemaeccan. Seo
f6r t5a mid me to onfonne minon cjme-rice. 3 fas
mine dohtor f e ic beforan t5e diana geandweard haebbe
acaende on sae "■} hire gast alet. Ic fa hi mid cyneli-
can reafe gescridde. 3 mid golde "•} ge write on ciste
alegde. j) se f e hi funde hi wur81ice bebirigde. ■] fas
mine dohtor befaeste f am mdnfuUestan mannan to fe-
danne. F6r me fa to egipta lande feowertene gear
on heofe. t5a ic ongean com. fa saedon hi me ^ min

1 MS. heorffi corrected to hyr«. 2 ^S. cynegum.

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dohtor wsere for^faren, 3 me was min ear eal ge-ed-
niwod.

Mid ]>am pe he t$as J'ingc eal areht hsefde. arces-
trate 8ot$lice his wif up ar4s "^ hine 3nnbclypte. Da
niste na apollonius ne ne gelifde f heo his gemsecca
wsere ac sceaf hi fram him. Heo t$a micelre stsefhe
clipode 3 cwat5 mid wope. Ic eom arcestrate fin
gemsecca. arcestrates dohtor ])9es C3niges. and ]>u eart
apollonius min 14reow ]>e me Iserdest. yu eart se for-
lidena man t$e ic lufode. na for galnesse ac for wis-
dome. hwar is min dohtor. He beweende hine ])a to
thasian 3 cwse'S. ]>ia heo is. j hig weopon t5a ealle 3
eac blissodon. 3 p word sprang geond eal f land f
apollonius se maera cyngc hafde funden* his wif. *]
)>ar wear^ ormaete blis. '^ ]>a organa wseron getogene.
*) ]>a biman geblawene. *] ];ar wearS bli^e gebeorscipe
gegearwod betwux ]>am cynge -3 f am folce. "3 heo ge-
sette hyre gingran )>e hire folgode to sacerde. j mid
blisse "3 heofe ealre J^are msegt^e on. efesum heo f6r
mid hire were 3 mid hire a;8ume j mid hire dohtor
to antiochian. ])ar apollonio wses f cyne-rice geheal-
den. f6r t5a si^t^an to tirum 3 gesette fax athena-
goras his a'Sum to cynge. f6r 9a so'Slice )>anon to
tharsum mid his wife -] mid his dohtor 3 mid cyne-
licre firde. 3 h^t sona gelseccan stranguilionem 3 dio«
nisiaden. 3 Isedan befolran him ]>ar he sat on his
])rim-setle.

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Da Va hi gebrohte wseron. )>a cwae'S he beforan
ealre ))are gaderunge. Ge tharsysce ceaster-gewaran.
cwetJe ge f ic apollonius eow dide afre aenigne un-
)>anc^/ Hi fa ealle dnre stsefhe cwaedon. We ssedon
aefre f fu ure cyng 3 fseder waere 3 for t5e we woldon
lustlice sweltan^. foi^am ]>e ]>u us alysdeet of hun-
gre. Apollonius ]>a cw8et$. Ic befseste mine dohtor
stranguilionem 3 dionisiade 3 hi noldon me )>a agi-
fan. Daet jfele wif cwaetJ. Nses j) wel hlaford f fu silf
arseddest )>a stafas ofer hire birgene. Da clipode
apollonius swit^e hlude 3 cwaet^. Leofe dohtor thasia.
gif »mg andgit sy on heUe. lat J»u J«et cwicsuslene
hds. 3 gehir ^u "Sines f seder stsefne. Dset mseden t^a
forS-eode mid cynelicum reafe 3nnbscrid 3 unwreah
hire heafod 3 cwaetJ hlude to fam yfelan wife. Dio-
nisia h^ wes ]>u. ic grete ]7e nu of helle geciged.
Dset forscildgode wlf I^a eallum limon abifode. )>a t$a
heo hire on-locode. j seo ceaster-gewaru wundrode 3
blissode. Da het thasia beforan gelsedan theophilum
dionisiades gerefan j him to cwaetJ. Theophile. to
))on -p fu t5e gebeorge. sege hluddre staefoe. hwa t5e
hete me ofslean. Se gerefa cwsetS. Dionisia min hleef-
dige. Hwaet seo burh-waru ])a gelsehton stranguilio-
nem 3 his wif J Iseddon tit on ^a, ceastre j ofetaen^
don hi to dea'Se j woldon eac theophilum ofslean ac
thasia him ];ingode *] cwaeS. Buton )>es man me )>dne
first forgeafe f ic me to gode gebaede. }»onne ne be-

^ MS. unj^ang. S MS. swiitan.

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come ic to ])issere are. Heo rsehte ])a soVlice hire
handa him to 3 het hine gesund faran. j philothe-
mian ]>are forscildgodan dohtor thasia ndm to hyre.
ApoUonius t$a so^lice forgeaf t$am folce^nicele gi£a to
blisse J heora weallas wurdon ge-edstat$elode. He
wunode ]>a 'pax six mont^as -;} f6r sit^t^an on scipe to
pentapolim pare cireniscan birig j com to arcestrates
J?am cynge. 3 se cyng blissode on his ylde f he ge-
seah his nefan mid hire were. Hi wunodon togsedere
an gear fuUice 3 se cyning sit$t$an arcestrates ful-
fremedre ylde fofSferde betwnx him eallum. j be-
cwsetJ healf his rice apollonio healf his dohtor. ^

Disum eallum t$us gedonum. eode apoUonius se
msera cyngc vnH t$a sse. ]>a geseah he yone ealdan
fiscere ]>e hine ser nacodne imderfengc. ]>a het se
cyngc hine fserlice gelseccan 3 to t5are cynelican healle
gelsedan. Da t$a se fiscere f geseah j) hine ])a csemp-
an woldon niman. fvL w^nde he serest f hine man
scolde ofslean. ac mid fam ]>e he com into "Sses cynges
healle. ]>a het se cyningc hine laedan to-foran }»are
cw^ne J ]>us cwset$. Eala ])U eadige cw€n. pis is min
tacenbora ]>e me nacodne underfenc j me getsehte f
ic to ]>e becom. Da beseah apoUonius se C3mg to
6am fiscere j cwset$. Eala wel-willenda ealda. ic
eom apoUonius se tirisca ]>am ])u sealdest healfoe
]nnne wsefels. Him geaf t$a se cyngc twa hund gil-
denra psenega 3 hsefde hme to geferan ])a hwfle }>e
he lifede.

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HellanictLs eac )>a to him com fie him ser cydde
hwset antiochus cync be him gedemed hsefde. 3 he
cwset5 to ])am cyng^. Hlaford cyng. gemun hellanicus
yume )>eow. Da genam hine apollonius be J^are hande ^
J araerde hine up j hine cyste ^ hine weligne gedide
-} sette hine him to geferan. JEiter eallum Jdsum
apollonius de cyngc sunu gestrynde be his gemseccan.
jK)ne he sette to cynge on arcestrates cyne-rice his
ealde-fseder j he sylfa wel-willendlice lifede mid his
gemseccan seofon j hund-seofonti geara 3 heold ^
cyne-rice on antiochia 3 on tjnrum -;} on cirenense.
and he leofode on stUncsse 3 on blisse ealle ])a tld his
lifes sefter his earfot5nesse. and twa bee he silf gesette
be his fare. 3 ane asette on t5am temple diane ot^re
on bibliotheca.

Her endat$ ge wea ge wela apollonius 'pxs tiriscan.
raede se fe wille. and gif hi hwa reede. ic bidde f he
pas awaendednesse ne tsele. ac j) he hele swa hwset
swa faron sy to tale : •

1 MS. hand.

^r ^r ^r ^r V 9 V^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^r ^K^r

Here begins the Narrative concerning Antio-
chus the wicked King, and concerning Apol-
lonius the Tyrian Prince,

XN the city of Antioch was a king named Antioch us,
After this king's name the city was called Antioch.
This king's queen had departed from life, by whom
he had a very beautiful daughter of incredible fair-\
ness. When she came to marriageable age, then
yearned for her many a great man, promising many
splendid things.

Then it happened, through a painful mishap, that
while the father was thinking to whom he might, in

(preference to others, give her, then fell his own mind
on her love with unlawful desire, so violently that he
I forgot paternal piety, and desired his own daughter
to himself for a mate : and that desire did not long
delay ; but one day, in the morning, when he from
sleep awoke, he brake into the [2] chamber wherein
/ she lay, and bade his domestics all go away from him,
as if he would speak some secret speech with his
daughter. He then engaged in that sinful crime, and

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the struggling damsel with great difficulty overcame ;
/ and the perpetrated crime sought to conceal.

Then it happened that the maiden's foster-mother
went into the chamber, and saw her there sitting in
great affliction, and said to her, ** Why art thou, lady,
of so afflicted mind ?" The maiden answered her,
"Dear foster-mother, now today two noble names
have perished in this chamber." The foster-mother
said, ** Of whom sayest thou that ?" She answered
her and said, " Ere the day of my nuptials, I am with
sinful crime polluted." Then said the foster-mother,
*' Who was ever of so daring mind that durst defile a
king's daughter, ere the day of her nuptials, and not
dread the king's ire ?" The maiden said, " Impiety
hath perpetrated the crime against me." The foster-
mother said^ "Why sayest thou it not to thy father.^"
The maiden said, " Where is the father ? truly in me
wretched hath my father's name cruelly perished, and
to me now therefore death is exceedingly desirable."
The foster-mother, truly, when she heard that the
maiden longed for her death, then she called her to
her with gentle speech, and entreated that she would
turn her mind from that desire, and bow to her father's
will, notwithstanding that she were compelled thereto.
[3] In this state q/* things, truly, continued the impious
\ king Antiochus, «nd with a feigned mind showed
himself to his fellow-citizens as though he were the
pious father of his daughter, and among his familiar

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men. He rejoiced in that he y^&s the husband of his
daughter ; and in order that he might the longer enjoy
his daughter's impious bride-bed, and drive from him
those ^ho desu-ed her inlaMrful marriage, he set then
a riddle, thus saying : "Whatever man who shall read
my riddle aright, let him receive my daughter to wife,
and he who shall misread it, be he beheaded." What
is now more to say about it, but that kings came from
every quarter and princes, on account of the incredi-
ble beauty of the maiden, and they despised death>
and ventured to read the riddle ; but if any one of
them, through meditation of booklike wisdom, read
the riddle aright, then was he led to beheading the
same as he who did not read it aright : and all the
heads were set over the gate.

Now while Antiochus the cruel king continued in
this cruelty, then was a young man called Apollo-
nius, who was very wealthy and prudent, and was
prince of the province of Tjnre, who trusted to his
prudence and to his book-learning, and began to row
till that he came to Antioch. Then went he in to the
king, [4] and said : ** Good health, king ; behold, I
come now to thee as to a good and pious father. I
am truly come of kingly race, and I beg thy daughter
for me to wife."

When the king heard that hciwould not listen to
his will, he with a very angry countenance looked on
the young man (prince), and said : " Thou young man

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knowest thou the condition of my daughter's nup-
tials?" Apollonius said^ ** I know the condition,
and I saw it at the gate." Then said the king with
anger : '* Hear now the riddle — Scelere vehor, ma-
tema came vescor : That is in English ; By crime I
am carried away, on maternal flesh I feed." Again
he said : '' Qusero patrem meum, mese matris virum,
uxoris mese filiam, nee invenio : lliat is in English ;
I seek my father, my mother's consort, my wife's
daughter, and I find not ^"
I \ Apollonius then truly, having received the riddle,
turned him a little from the king, and when he con-
sidered the sense, he gained it with wisdom ; and with
God's support, he guessed the truth. Then turned
him to the king, and said : ** Thou good king, thou
proposest a riddle; hear now the solution of that
which thou hast said. — That thou bearest crime, thou
art not lying in that ; look to thyself. And what thou
saidst, ' on maternal flesh I feed,' in that thou art not
lying ; look to thy daughter." [5] When the king
heard that Apollonius read the riddle so rightly, then
he dreaded that it were too widely known j looked
then with angry countenance at him, and said : "Thou
young man, thou art far from right, thou errest, and
what thou sayest is naught, but thou hast earned de-

^ In the edition of fhe Gesta of 1494 the passage reads thus :
" Seekre vehor, matema came vescor, querofratrem meum, matris
nee invenio"

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capitation. I will now dismiss thee for a space of
thirty days, that thou mayest consider the riddle
aright, and thou then shalt receive my daughter to
wife : and if thou doest that not, thou shalt suffer ^
the appointed doom/' Then was Apollonius sorely
grieved, and with his comrades went on shipboard,
and rowed till that he came to T3nre.

Verily after that, when Apollonius was* gone, An-
tiochus the king called to him his steward who was
called Thaliarchus. "Thaliarchus most trusty mi-
nister of all my secrets ; knowest thou that Apollo-
nius hath rightly read my riddle ? mount now speedily
on shipboard, and go after him, and when thou comest
I to him, then kill thou him, with iron or with poison,
that thou mayest receive freedom when thou again
comest." Thaliarchus, as soon as he heard that, he
took with him both money and poison, and mounted
on shipboard, and went after the innocent Apollonius,
till that he came to his country: but Apollonius, how-
ever, first came to his own, and went into his house,
and opened his book-chest, and examined the riddle
according to the wisdom of all the philosophers and
Chaldeans.

When he found nothing else, save what he erst
thought, he said then to himself: "What wilt thou
do now, Apollonius ? Thou has guessed the king's rid-
dle, and thou his [6] daughter hast not received; there-

^ oncnawan.

34 [6

fore thou art now condemned that thou shouldst be
killed." And he then went out and ordered his ship
to be loaded with wheat, and with a great weight of
gold and silver/ and with divers and sufficient gar-
ments ; and so with a few of his most trusty men he
mounted on shipboard, in the third hour of the night,
and struck out to sea. On the following day, Apol-
lonius was sought and inquired for, but he was no-
where found. There was then great murmuring and
excessive weeping, so that the wail resounded over
all the city. Indeed so great love had all the town-
ship for him, that they for a long time went all un-
shorn, and long-haired, and forsook their theatrical
plays, and locked their baths.

While these things were thus done in Tyre, then
came the beforesaid Thaliarchus, who was from An-
tiochus the king sent for the purpose of killing Apol-
lonius. When he saw that these places were locked,
he said to a boy : " So be thou in health, tell me for
what reasons this city continueth in so great lament
and wail ?" The boy answered him and . thus said :
"Ah how wicked a man thou art, thou who knowest
that which thou askest after ! Or what man is there
who knoweth not that this township continueth in la-
mentation, because that Apollonius the prince all at
once nowhere appeareth, since he came back from An-
tiochus the king ?*' When Thaliarchus heard that, he
with great joy turned to his ship, and with prudent

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sailing, [7] within one day came to Antioch, and went
in to the king, and said : " Lord king, be glad now and
rejoice, for that Apollonius dreads the powers of the
y realm, so that he dares continue nowhere." Then
I said the king : '* Flee he can, but escape he cannot."
I He, Antiochus, then set forth his proclamation, thud
saying : "What man soever that shall bring me Apol-
lonius living, I will give him fifty pounds of gold, and
to him who shall bring me his head, I will give him
a hundred pounds of gold."

When this proclamation was thus set forth, then
were seduced by avarice not only his foes but also his
friends, and went after him, and sought him over all
the earth, as well in downlands as woodlands, and in
obscure places, but he was nowhere found. Then the
king commanded ships to be prepared, and to pursue
him, but it was long ere the ships were prepared,
and Apollonius arrived before at Tharsus. When
he one day was going by the strand, he saw one of
his people who was called Hellanicus, who had first
come thither. He then went to Apollonius and said:
" Well hail, lord Apollonius." Then he, Apollonius,
despised the greeting of a humble man, after the cus-
tom of great men. Hellanicus greeted him forthwith
again, and said : " Well hail, Apollonius, and despise
not thou a humble man that is adorned with honour-
able endowments ; but hear now from me what thou
thyself knowest not. It is in sooth very needful to

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thee that thou [8] be on thy guard, because thou art
condenmed." Then said ApoUonius : '* Who could
condemn me, the Prince of my own nation ?" Hella-
nicus said, " Antiochus the king." ApoUonius said,
' * For what reasons hath he condemned me ?" Hellani-
cus said, " Because thou desiredst to be what the fa-
ther is." ApoUonius said, " I am sorely condemned."
HeUanicus said, "Whatever man bringeth thee to
him alive, he wiU receive fifty pounds of gold ; he who
bringeth thy head wiU receive a hundred pounds of
gold. Therefore I coimsel thee to flee, and save thy
life."

After these words, HeUanicus turned from him, and
ApoUonius bade him again be caUed to him, and said
to him : " The worst thing thou hast done, that thou
wamedst me : take now from me a hundred pounds
of gold, and go to Antiochus the king, and say to him
that my head is cut from my neck, and bring that
word to the deUght of the king : then thou wUt have
reward and also hands clean of the blood of the inno-
cent." Then said HeUanicus : " That may not be,
lord, that I take reward from thee on this account ;
because with good men, neither gold nor sUver is com-
pared with a good man's friendship." They parted
then with these words, and ApoUonius inmiediately
met another acquaintance coming towards him, whose
name was caUed StranguiUo. ** Young lord ApoUo-
nius, what doest thou with mind thus afflicted in this

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country?" ApoUonius said, " I heard say that I was
condemned." Stranguilio [9] said, "Who hath con-
demned thee?" ApoUonius said, "Antiochus the
king. " Stranguilio said, ** For what reasons ? **
ApoUonius said, " Because I asked his daughter for
me to wife, of whom I may in truth say that she was
his own wife : therefore, if it may he, I wiU conceal
myself in your country." Then said Stranguilio:
" Lord ApoUonius, our city is in want and may not
suit your nohiUty, because we are suffering the se-
verest and fiercest famine, and for my citizens is no
hope of salvation ; but the most cruel [death^] stands
before our eyes."

Then said ApoUonius : " My dearest friend Stran-
guiUo, thank God that he hath led me to flee hither
to your frontiers. I wiU give your citizens a hundred
thousand measures of wheat, if ye wiU conceal my
flight." When StranguiUo heard that, he prostrated
himself at his feet, and said : " Lord ApoUonius, if
thou helpest these hungry citizens, we wiU not only
conceal thy flight, but also, if it shaU be needful to
thee, we wiU fight for thy safety." Then ApoUonius
mounted on the tribunal in the street, and said to the
citizens present : " Ye citizens of Tharsus, I ApoUo-
nius, the Tynan prince, make known to you, that I
beUeve that ye wiU be mindful of this benefit, and

^ Dealf has been omitted in the Saxon text The Latin has

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38 [9—10

conceal my flight. Know^ also^ that Antiochua the
king hath driven me from my home ; hut for your ad*
vantage, under favour [10] of God, I am come hither.
I will in sooth sell you a hundred thousand measures
of wheat, at the value for which I hought it in my
country."

When the people heard that, they hecame joyful,
and fervently thanked him, and eagerly carried up the
wheat. In short, ApoUonius forsook his honourable
kingdom, and took there the name of a merchant ra-
ther than of a giver : and the value that he received
for the wheat he immediately disbursed again for the
benefit of the city. The people then became so glad
at his munificence, and so thankful, that they wrought
to him a statue of brass, which stood in the street,
and with the right hand shed wheat, and with the
left foot trod the measure ; and thereon thus wrote :
" This gift gave the citizens of Tharsus to ApoUonius
the Tyrian, because he saved the people from famiue,
land restored their city."

After these things, it happened, within a few months,
that Stranguilio and Dionysias his wife advised Apol-
lonius that he should go in a ship to Pentapolis the
C3n:enian city, and said that he might be there con-
cealed and there remain ; and the people then con-
ducted him with unspeakable honour to the ship ;
and ApoUonius bade greet them aU, and went on
shipboard. When they begun then to row, and were

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forward on their way, then was the serenity of the*
sea changed suddenly between two tides, and a great
storm was raised, so that the sea [11] dashed the
heavenly stars, and the rolling of the waves raged
with the winds, and the fierce south-west wind stood
against him, and the ship brake all to pieces in this
terrible tempest. The companions of ApoUonius all
perished, and ApoUonius alone came with swimming t
to Pentapolis the Cyrenian country, and there went/
up on the strand. Then he stood naked on the strandi
and beheld the sea, and said : " O thou Neptune of the
sea, bereaver of men, and deceiver of the innocent !
thou art more cruel than Antipchus the king; on my
account hast thou reserved this cruelty, that I through
thee might become poor and needy, and that the cruel
king might ihe more easily destroy me. Whither can
I now go ? for what can I beg, or who will give an
unknown the support of life ?"

While he was speaking these things to himself,
then on a sudden he saw a fisherman going, towards
whom he looked, and thus mournfully spake : " Pity
me, thou old man ! be whatever thou mayest, pity me
naked, shipwrecked ! I was not born of poor birth ;
and that thou mayest already know beforehand whom
thou pitiest, I am,j\pollo nius , the Tyrian prince.**
Then immediately as the fisherman saw that the
young man was lying at his feet, he with compassion
raised him up, and led him with him to his house^ and

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[11—12

laid before him those provisions \¥hich he had to offer
him. Still he would, as far as in his power, show him
greater constancy : he then tore his coat in two, and
gave [12] to Apollonius the half part, thus saying:
•* Take what I have to give thee, and go into the city;
there is hope that thou mayest meet with one who
will pity thee. If thou findest no one who will pity
thee, turn then again hither, and my little possessions
shall suffice for us both, and go thee a fishing with
me. Nevertheless I admonish thee, if thou, through
supporters, comest to thy former dignity, that thou
forget not my poor garment." Then said Apollonius,
•* If I think not of thee, when it shall be better with
me, I wish that I again may suffer shipwreck, and not
again find thy like.*'

After these words, he went on the way that was
pointed out to him, till that he came to the city gate,
and there entered. While he was thinking of whom
he might beg support of life, he saw a naked boy
running through the street, who was smeared with
oil, and begirt with a sheet, and bare young men's
games in his hand, belonging to the bath-place, and
cried with a loud voice and said, " Hear ye citizens I
hear ye strangers, free and servile, noble and ignoble!
the bath-place is open!" When Apollonius heard
that, he stripped himself of the half cloak that he had
on, and went into the bagnio ; and while he beheld
each of them at their work, he sought his like, but

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he could not find him in the company. Then sud-^
denly came Arcestrates^ king of all that people, with
a great company of his men, and went into the bath.
Then [13] began the king to play with his compa-
nions at ball, and ApoUonius mingled himself, so as
God would, in tke king's play, and, running, caught
the ball, and struck with swift promptitude sent it
again to the playing king. Again he sent it back ;
he promptly struck, so that he never let it fall. The
king then perceived the young man's activity, so that
he knew that he had not his like in the play. Then
said he to his companions, " Go ye hence ; this young
man, as it seemeth to me, is my equal."

When Apollonius heard that the king praised him,
he ran quickly and approached the king, and with
skilful hand he swang the top ^ with so great swift-
ness tb&t it seemed to the king as if he were turned
from age to youth ; and after that he agreeably mi-
nistered to him on his royal seat ; and when he went
out of the bath, he led him by the hand, and then af-
terwards turned thence the way that he before came.
Then said the king to his men, after Apollonius was

^ I have here retained the Saxon word, being in doubt as to
its signification. The whole passage, however, is probably mis^
translated from the Latin, as it agrees neither with the text given
by Welser, nor with that of the Gesta. The former has, "Apollo-
nius ut audwit se taudari, eonttanter accessit ad regem, et accepto
ceromate, cum docta tnanu circumlavit ei cum subtilitate.** The
latter reads, "accepto cyramoco, docta tnanu circulavit eum" ^c^

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42 [13—14

gone, "I swear by our common salvation, that I
never bathed myself better than I did to-day ; I know
not through what young man's ministry." Then
looked he to one -of his men, and said, " Go and find
out what the young man is who to-day so well obeyed
me." The man then went after Apollonius. When
he saw that he was clad with a squalid cloak, then
returned he to the king, and said, [14] " The young
man after whom thou askedst is a shipwrecked man."
Then said the king, '* Through what knowest thou
that ?" The man answered him and said, " Though
he does not mention it himself, his raiment betrayeth
him." Then said the king, ** Go quickly, and say to
him, that the king desires thee that thou come to his
repast."

When Apollonius heard that, he obeyed it, and
went forth with the man, till that he came to the
king's hall. Then went the man in before to the
king, and said, "The shipwrecked man is come, after
whom thou sentest; but, for shame, he may not
enter without clothing." Then the king commanded
him to be instantly clothed with honourable clothing,
and bade him enter to the repast. Then went Apol-
lonius in, and sat where it was pointed out to him,
opposite the king, llien was the refection brought in,
and after that was a royal entertainment ; and Apol-
lonius ate nothing, though all the other men ate and
were merry ; but he beheld the gold and the silver.

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and the precious hangings and the tables, and the
royal dishes. While he beheld all this with pain,
there sat an old and envious noble by the king, [who]

trhen he saw that Apollonius sat so painfully, and
eheld all things and ate nothing, then said he to the
king, " Thou good king, this very man towards whom
thou hast so well done, he is very envious of thy pro-
sperity." Then said the king, " Thou art mistaken ;
in sooth this young man envieth nothing that he
ere seeth, but he showeth that he hath lost much."
Then A rcestrates, th e king, looked to Apollonius with
a cheerful countenance, and said, ** Thou young man,
be merry with [15] us, and hope in God, that thou
mayest come to better [days]."

While the king was saying these words, suddenly
there came in the king's young daughter, and kissed
her fiither and those sitting around. When she came
to Apollonius, then she turned towards her father, and
said : " Thou good king, and my dearest fiather, what
is this young man, who sitteth opposite to thee on so
honourable a seat, with painful countenance ? I know
not what he sorroweth for." Then said tlie king :
" Dear daughter, this young man has been ship-
wrecked, and he of all men pleased me best at the
play, therefore I invited him to this our entertainment.
I know not what he is, nor whence he is ; but if thou
wilt know what he is, ask him, because it is fitting
tiiat thou shouldest know." Then went the maiden

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to Apollonius, and, with respectful gpeech, said:
" Though thou art still and sad, yet I see thy no-
bility in thee : now, then, if it seem to thee not too
tedious, tell me thy name and relate thy misfortune
tome." Then said Apollonius : " If thou must needs
ask after my name, I tell thee, I lost it at sea. If.
I thou wilt know my nobility, know thou that I left it
I at Tharsus.*' The maiden said, " Tell me more
plainly, that I may understand it." Apollonius then
truly related to her all his misfortune, and at the end
of the speech tears fell from his eyes.

[16] When the king saw that, then he turned him
to the daughter, and said: "Dear daughter, thou
didst sin when thou wouldest know his name and his
misfortune: thou hast now renewed his old grief;
but I beseech thee that thou give him whatever thou
wilt." When the maiden heard that that was allowed
her from her father, what she herself wished to do,
then said she to Apollonius : " Apollonius, thou in
sooth art ours ; leave off thy complaining, and now I
have my father's leave, I will make thee wealthy."
Apollonius thanked her therefore, and the king re*
joiced in his daughter's benevolence, and said to her,
"Dear daughter, bid thine harp be fetched, and ad-
dress thee to thy friends, and remove from the yoimg^
man his affliction."
Then she went out, and bade her harp be fetched ;
( tmd as soon as she began to harp, she with pleasant

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song mingled the sound of the harp. Then began all
the men to praise her for her music ; and ApoUonius
alone was silent. Then said the king, " ApoUonius,
now thou dost evilly; because all men praise my
daughter for her music, and thou alone findest fault
by being silent." ApoUonius said, '* O thou good
king ! if thou allowest me, I wiU say what I feel, that
truly your daughter hath faUed in her music, for she
hath not weU learned it ; but bid the harp be now
I given to me, then thou soon shalt know what thou
j yet knowest not." Arcestrates the king said, "Apol-
lonius, I know in sooth that thou art weU instructed
in aU things." Then the king [17] bade the harp
be given to ApoUonius. ApoUonius then went out,
and clothed himself^ and set a crown upon his head,
and took the harp m his hand, and went in, and so
stood that the king, and aU those sitting around,
thought that he was not ApoUonius, but that he was
1/ ApoUo the god of the heathens. Then there was
stillness and silence within the haU, and ApoUonius
took his harp-naU, and he began with skUl to move
the harp-strings, and the sound of the harp mingled
with pleasant song : and the king himself, and all
that were there present, cried with a loud voice and
praised him. After this, ApoUonius left the harp,
and played, and exhibited many agreeable things
there, which were unknown and uncommon to the
people.

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Verily when the king's daughter saw that Apollo-
ilhis was so well bred in all good'arts, then fell her
mind on his love. Then, after the end of the enter-
tainment, the maiden said to the king : " Dear father,
thou didst allow me a little before that I might give
to Apollonius whatsoever I would of thy treasure.**
Arcestrates the king said to her, " Give him what-
soever thou wilt." She then very joyfully went out,
and said : " Master Apollonius, I give thee, by my
father's leave, two hundred pounds of gold, and four
[18] hundred poimds of silver, and a vast quantity
of precious raiment, and twenty serving men." And
she then thus said to the serving men : " Bear these
things with you which I have promised to my master
Apollonius, and lay them in the apartment before my
friends.** This was then thus done, after the queen's
bidding, and all the men praised her gift who saw it.
Then indeed the entertainment was at an end, and
the men all arose, and greeted the king and the
queen, and bade them farewell, and went home. In
like manner Apollonius said, " Thou good king, and
pitier of the wretched, and thou queen, lover of learn-
ing, fare ye well !** He looked also to the serving
men that the maiden had given him, and said to
them : ** Take these things with you that the queen
hath given me, and go we seek our hostel that we
may rest.

Then the maiden dreaded that she never again

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should see ApoUonius so quickly as she would ^ and
went then to her father, and said, " Thou good king,
doth it well please thee that ApoUonius, who through
us to-day is enriched, should thus go hence, and evil
men come and rob him?" The king said, "Well
hast thou spoken ; bid that there be found for him
where he may rest most honourably." Then did the
maiden as was ordered her, and ApoUonius accepted
the dweUing that was assigned him, and entered,
thanking God who had not denied him royal honour
and comfort. But the maiden had an unquiet night,
inflamed with love [19] of the words and songs that
she had heard from ApoUonius ; and she waited no
longer than it was day, but went as soon as it was
light, and sat before her father's bed. Then said the
king, " Dear daughter, why art thou thus early
awake ?" The maiden said, " The accomplishments
which I heard yesterday awakened me : now, there-
fore, I beseech thee that thou commit me to our
guest ApoUonius for instruction." Then was the
king exceedingly deHghted, and bade ApoUonius be
fetched, and said to him, " My daughter desireth that
she may learn from thee the happy lore that thou
knowest : and if thou wUt be obedient in these things,
I swear to thee by the powers of my kingdom, that
whatever thou hast lost at sea, I wiU make it good to

^ This is the' literal translation, but I suspect an error in the
Saxon text.

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thee on land." When ApoUonius heard that, he re-
ceived the maideii for instruction, and taught her as
' well as he himself had learned.

It happened then, after this, within a few hours,
that Arcestrates the king held ApoUonius hand in
hand, and so went out into the street of the city.
Then at length there came walking towards them
three learned and nohle men, who long before had
desired the king's daughter. These then all three
together, with one voice, greeted the king. Then
the king smiled, and looked on them, and thus said :
" Why is it that ye greet me with one voice ?" Then
answered one of them and said : " We, a long time
ago, demanded thy daughter, and thou often hast
deliberately tormented us with delay : therefore we
come hither to-day thus together. [20] We are thy
fellow-citizens, born of noble lineage : now we be-
seech thee that thou choose thee one of us three,
which thou wilt have for thy son-in-law." Then
said the king : "Ye have not chosen a good time :
my daughter is now very busy about her learning ;
but lest that I should always longer put you off,
write your names in a letter, and her dower ; then I
will send the letters to my daughter, and she herself
shall choose which of you she will." Then the young
men did so, and the king took the letters, and sealed
them with his ring, and gave them to ApoUonius,
thus saying : '* Take now. Master ApoUonius, if it be

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not displeasing to thee, and bring them to thy pupil."
Then ApoUonius took the letters, and went to the
royal hall.

When the maiden saw ApoUonius, then said she,
" Master, why goest thou alone ?" ApoUonius said :
'* Lady * * * take these letters which thy
father sends thee, and read/' The maiden took
them, and read the names of the three youths, but
she found not the name therein that she would. When
she had read over the letters, she then looked to Apol-
lonius, and said : ** Master, wiU it not vex thee if I
thus choose a husband ?" ApoUonius said: ** No ; but
I shall much more rejoice that thou, through the in-
struction which thou hast received from me, canst
thyself in writing show which of them thou wilst.
My wiU is that thou choose thee a husband where
thou thyself desirest." The maiden said: "Alas,
master !- if thou didst love me, thou wouldst be sorry
at it." [21] After these words, she, with firmness of
mind, wrote another letter, and sealed it, and gave it
to ApoUonius. ApoUonius then carried it out into the
street, and gave it to the king. The letter was thus
written. " Thou good king, and my most beloved
father, now that thy tenderness hath given me leave
that I myself might choose what husband I would, I
wiU say to thee in sooth that I desire the shipwrecked //
man : and if thou wonderest that so bashful a damsel
so boldly should write these words, then know thou

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that I have through wax, which knoweth no shame,
declared to thee what I myself could not for shame
say to thee."

When the king had read over the letter, then he
knew not what shipwrecked man she named. He
looked then to the three young men, and said : " Which
of you has been shipwrecked ?" Then said one of
them, who was called Ardalius : " I have been ship-
wrecked." The second answered him and said : "Be
thou silent ! May disease consume thee, so that thou
be neither hale nor sound ! With me thou didst learn
book-knowledge, and thou hast never gone from me
without the gate of the city. Where didst thou suf-
fer shipwreck ?" When the king could not find which
of them had been shipwrecked, he looked at Apollo-
nius, and said : " Take thou, ApoUonius, this letter,
and read it : it may easily chance that thou knoWest
what I know not, thou who there wast present."
Then ApoUonius took the letter and read; and as
soon as he discovered that he was beloved by the
maiden, his countenance all reddened. When the
king saw that, then took he Apollonius's hand, and
turned him a little from the young men, [22] and
said, "Dost thou know the shipwrecked man?" Apol-
lonius said : " Thou good king, if it be thy will, I
know him." When the king saw that ApoUonius
was aU suffused with rose red, then understood he
the saying, and thus said to him : " Rejoice, rejoice,

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Apollonius, because my daughter desireth that which
is my will. Verily in such things nothing can take
place without God's will." Arces^tes looked to the
three youths, and said : " It is true what I before said
to you, that ye came not in proper time to request
my daughter ; but when she can find leisure from her
learning, then I will send you word."

Then they returned home with this answer ; and
Arcestrates the king continued holding ApoUonius'd
hand, and led him home with him ; not as if he were
a stranger, but as if he were his son-in-law. Then
at last the king let go Apollonius's Imnd, and went
alone into the chamber wherein his daughter was,
and thus said: "Dear daughter, whom hast thou
chosen to thee for mate ?" The maiden then fell at
her fBither's feet, and said : " Thou kind father, hear
thy daughter's will. I love the shipwrecked man
who was betrayed by misfortune : but lest thou be in
doubt of that speech, I desire Apollonius my master,
and if thou wilt not give me to him, thou forsakest
thy daughter." The king then in sooth could not
endure his daughter's tears, but raised her up, and
said to her : " Dear daughter, dread thou not for any-
^^&> [^3] ^o\i hast chosen the man that well
pleaseth me." He then went out and looked at
Apollonius, and said: "Master Apollonius, I have
inquired into the desire of my daughter's mind, when
she related to me with weeping, among other speech,

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these things, thus saying : ** Thou sworest to Apol-
lonius, if he would ohey my will in teaching, that
thou wouldest make good to him whatever the sea
took from him. Now, since he has been obedient to
^ thy conmiand and my will *, fl desire thou wilt reward
him by giving me to himao^ wife." The following
morning he sent messengers to the neighbouring ci-
ties to invite the nobles. When they arrived, he said :
" My lords, my daughter would marry her master ; I
desire you, therefore, to be merry, for my child will
be united to a wise man." Saying this, he fixed the
period of their spousals.

Now it happened, after she became pregnant, that
she walked with her husband, prince ApoUonius, by
the sea-shore, and a £ne ship riding at anchor in the
distance, the latter perceived that it was of his own
country. Turning to a sailor, he said : "Whence are
you ?" ** From Tyre," replied the man. " You speak
of my own land, my friend." ** Indeed ! and are you
a Tyrian ?" ** As you have said." ** Do you know,"
continued the sailor, " a prince of that country, called
ApoUonius ? I seek him ; and whenever you happen
to see him, bid him exult. King Antiochus and his
daughter, at the very same instant, were blasted with
lightning. The kingdom has fallen to ApoUonius."

^ Here the Saxon breaks off. The words " ic for aefter him '*
are not easily to be connected with what follows in the transla^
tion.

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Full of pleasure at the unexpected inteUigence he had
received, the prince said to his wife : " Will you ac-
quiesce in my setting out to obtain the throne ?" The
lady instantly burst into tears. ** O my lord," said
she, " the journey is long, and yet you would leave
me ! If, however, it is necessary that you should go,
we will go together." Instantly hastening to her
father, she commimicated the happy news which had
just been heard, that Antiochus and his daughter, by
the just judgement of an offended God, had been struck
with lightning, and his wealth and diadem reserved
I for her husband : and, lastly, she entreated his per-
mission to accompany him. The old king, much ex-
hilarated with the intelligence, was easily prevailed
upon to assent ; and ships were accordingly prepared
for their conveyance. They were laden with every-
thing necessary for the voyage ; and a nurse, called
Ligoridis, was embarked, in anticipation of the young
queen's parturition. Her father accompanied them
to the shore, and, with an affectionate kiss of each,
took his leave.

When they had been at sea some days, there arose
a fearful tempest ; and the lady, brought by this cir-
cumstance into premature labour, to all appearance
perished. The moaning and tears of her family al-
most equalled the storm ; and Apollonius, alarmed at
the outcry, ran into the apartment, and beheld his
lovely wife like an inhabitant of the grave. He tore

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his garments from his breast, and cast himself with
tears and groans upon her inanimate body. " Dear
wife !" he exclaimed, " daughter of the great Arce-
strates, how shall I console thy unhappy parent ?"
Here the pilot, interrupting him, observed : ** Sir, it
will prejudice the ship to retain the dead body on
board; conmiand that it be cast into the sea."
"Wretch that you are !*' returned ApoUonius, "would
you wish me to hurl this form into the waves, that
succoured me shipwrecked and in poverty ?" Then
calling lus attendants, he directed them to prepare a
coffin, and smear the lid with bitumen. He also
commanded a leaden scroll to accompany the body,
which, arrayed in regal habiliments, and crowned, was
deposited in the coffin. He kissed her cold lips, and
wept bitterly. Afterwards, giving strict charge re-
specting the new-bom infant, he committed all that
remained of his wife to the sea.

On the third day the chest was driven by the waves
\ to the shores of Ephesus, not far from the residence
: of a physician called Cerimon, who happened at that
hour to be walking with certain of his pupils upon
the sands. Observing the chest deserted by the wa-
ters, he commanded his servants to secure it with all
speed, and convey it to lus house : this done, he
opened it, and discovered a beautiful girl, attired in
royal apparel. Her uncommon loveliness struck all
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sunbeam of beauty, in which nature had created
everjrthing pure and perfect, and failed in nothing
but in denying her the attribute of immortality. Her
hair glittered like the snow, beneath which a brow of
milky whiteness, smooth and unwrinkled as a plain,
peacefully rested. Her eyes resembled the change-
ableness, not the prodigality, of two luminous orbs ;
for their gaze was directed by an unshaken modesty,
which indicated a constant and enduring mind. Her
eyebrows were naturally and excellently placed; and
her shapely nose, describing a straight line, rose cen-
trically upon the face. It possessed neither too much
length, nor too little. Her neck was whiter than the
solar rays, and ornamented with precious stones ;
while her coimtenance, full of unspeakable joy, com-
mimicated happiness to all who looked on her. She
was exquisitely formed ; and the most critical inves-
tigation could not discover more or less than there
ought to be. Her beautiful arms, like the branches
of some fair tree, descended from her well-turned
breast ; to which delicately chisseled fingers, not out-
shone by the lightning, were attached. In short, she
was outwardly a perfect model, flashing through which
the divine spark of soul her Creator had implanted
might be gloriously distinguished. Works of power
ought to accord with each other : and hence all cor-
poral beauty originates in the soul's loveliness. It
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various, adapts the mass of matter to itself. Be this
as it may, the most perfect adaptation of soul and
body existed in this lady, now discovered by Cerimon.
** Fair girl," said he, " how camest thou so utterly
forsaken ?" The money, which had been placed be-
neath her head, now attracted his attention, and then
the scroll of lead presented itself. "Let us examine
what it contains." He opened it accordingly, and
read as follows :

"Whosoever thou art that £ndest this chest, I
entreat thy acceptance of ten pieces of gold; the
other ten expend, I pray thee, on a funeral. For the
corse it shrouds hath left tears and sorrows enough
to the authors of her being. If thou dost neglect my
request, I imprecate upon thee curses against the day
of judgement, and devote thy body to death, unho-
noured and uninhmned."

When the physician had read, he directed his ser*
vants to comply with the mourner's injunction. "And
I solemnly vow," added he, " to expend more than
his wretchedness requires." Immediately he bade
them prepare a funeral pile. When this was done»
and everything laid in order, a pupil of the physician,
a young man, but possessing the wisdom of old age,
came to look upon the lady. As he considered her
fair form attentively, already laid upon the pile, his
preceptor said to him, "You come opportimely; I
have expected you this hour. Get a vial of precious

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ointment, and in honour of this bright creature, pour
It upon the funeral pile." The youth obeyed, ap-
proached the body, and drawing the garments from
her breast, poured out the ointment. But acciden-
tally passing his hand over her heart, he fancied that
it beat. The youth was electrified. He touched the
veins, and searched if any breath issued from the nos-
trils. He pressed his lips to hers, and he thought he
felt life struggling with death. Calling hastily to the
servants, he bade them place torches at each comer
of the bier. When they had done this, the blood,
which had been coagulated, presently liquefied ; and
the young man, attentive to the change, exclaimed to
his master, ** She lives ! she lives ! You scarcely credit
me ; come and see." As he spoke, he bore the lady
to his own chamber. Then heating oil upon his
breast, he steeped in it a piece of wool, and laid it
upon her body. By these means the congealed blood
being dissolved, the spirit again penetrated to the
marrows. Thus the veins being cleared, her eyes
opened, and respiration returned. "What are you?"
said she. ** You touch me not as I ought to be touched ;
for I am the daughter and the wife of a king." Full
of rapture at the sound of her voice, the young man
hurried into his master's room, and related what had
occurred. ** I approve your skill," returned he ; "I
magnify your art, and wonder at your prudence.
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to science. Receive now thy reward ; for the lady
brought much wealth with her." Cerimon then di-
rected food and clothes to be conveyed to her, and
administered the best restoratives. A few days after
her recovery she declared her birth and misfortunes ;
and the good physician, commiserating her situation,
adopted her as his daughter. But it cost him many
tears when she solicited permission to reside among
the vestals of Diana. However, he objected not ; and
placed her with certain female attendants in the mag-
nificent temple of the goddess.

In the mean while, Apollonius, guided by the good
providence of God, arrived at Tharsus ; and disem-
barking, sought the mansion of Strangmlio and Dio-
nysias. After mutual greetings, he narrated his ad-
yentures. "Wretched as I am in the death of a
beloved wife, I have yet cause for joy in the exist-
ence of this infant. To you I will entrust her ; for
never, since his offspring has perished, will I again
revisit the old Arcestrates. But educate my girl with
your own daughter Philothemia, and call her, after
your city, by the name of Tharsia. I would, more-
over, pray you to take charge of her nurse, Ligoridis,
whose unremitting fidelity deserves a better reward."
With such words, he gave the child up to them, ac-
companied by large presents of gold and silver and
valuable raiment. He then took an oath that he
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his daughter were bestowed in marriage. Grieving
at the rashness of the vow, Stranguilio took the in-
fant, and promised to educate it with the utmost care ;
and ApoUonius, satisfied with the assurance, went on
board his vessel, and sailed to other countries.
J -- While these things were transacting, Tharsia at-
{ tained her fifth year, and commenced a course of li-
beral studies with the young Philothemia, her compa-
nion. When she was fourteen, returning from school,
she found her nurse, Ligoridis, taken with a sudden
indisposition ; and seating herself near the old woman,
kindly inquired the cause. " My dear daughter," re-
plied she, ** hear my words, and treasure them in your
heart. Whom do you believe to be your father and
mother? and which is your native country?" **Thar-
sus," returned she, ** is the place of my nativity; my
father, Stranguilio, and my mother, Dionjrsias." The
nurse groaned, and said : " My daughter, listen to me ;
I will tell you to whom you owe your birth, in order
that, when I am dead, you may have some guide for
your future actions. Your father is called Apollonius, 1
and your mother's name is Arcestrate, the daughter of]
king Arcestrates. She died the moment you were
bom ; and Apollonius, adorning her with regal ves-
ture, cast the chest which contained her into the sea.
Twenty sestertia of gold were placed beneath her
head ; and whosoever discovered it, were entreated
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father sailed, tx)ssed tx) and fro by the winds which
formed your cradle, at last put into this port, where
we were hospitably received by Stranguilio and Dio-
nysias, to whom your sire also recommended me.
He then made a vow never to clip his beard, or hair,
or nails, imtill you were married. Now I advise, that
if, after my death, your present friends would do you
an injury, hasten into the forum, and there you will
find a statue of your father. Cling to it, and state
yourself the daughter of him whose statue that is.
The citizens, mindful of the benefits received from
him, will avenge your wrong." " My dear nurse,"
answered Tharsia, ** you tell me strange things, of
which, till now, I was ignorant." After some further
discourse, Ligoridis gave up the ghost. Tharsia at-
tended her obsequies, and lamented her a full year.

After this she returned to her studies in the schools.
Her custom was, on returning, never to eat until she
had been to the monument erected in honour of her
nurse. She carried with her a flask of wine ; and
there tarried, invoking the name of her beloved and
lamented parents. While she was thus employed,
Dionysias, with her daughter Philothemia, passed
through the forum ; and the citizens, who had cax^ht
a glimpse of Tharsia's form, exclaimed, " Happy fa-
ther of the lovely Tharsia ! but as for her companion,
she is a shame and a disgrace." The mother, hearing
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mended, turned away in a madness of fiiry. She
retired to solitary communication with herself. ''For
fourteen years," muttered she, " the father has neg-
lected his daughter ; he has sent no letters, and cer-
tainly he is dead. The nurse is also dead, and there
is no one to oppose me. I will kill her, and deck my
own girl with her ornaments." As she thus thought,
her steward, named Theophilus, entered. She called
him, and promising a vast reward, desired him to put
Tharsia to death. *' What hath the maid done ?*'
asked he. " She hath done the very worst things ;
you ought not, therefore, to deny me. Do what I
command you ; if you do it not, you will bring evil
on yourself." " Tell me, lady, how is it to be done ?"
" Her custom is/* replied Dionysias, *' on coming from
the schools, not to take food imtil she has entered her
nurse's monument. Arm yourself with a dagger, seize
her by the hair of the head, and there stab her ; then
throw her body into the sea, and come to me ; I will
give you your liberty, with a large reward." The
steward, taking the weapon, went with much sor-
row to the monument. " Alas !" said he, " shall I
deserve liberty by the sacrifice of a virgin's life ?"
He entered the monument, where Tharsia, after her
occupations in the schools, had as usual retired ; the
flask of wine was in her hand. The stewiird attacked
the poor girl, and seizing her by the hair, threw her
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stxiking, Tharsia cried out, " O Theophilus ! what
crime have I committed against you, or against any
other, that I should die ?" " You are innocent," an-
swered he, " of everything, save possessing a sum of
money and certain royal ornaments, left you by your
father.*' " O sir !" said the forsaken orphan, " if I
have no hope, yet suffer me to supplicate my Maker
before I die." " Do so," answered the steward, "and
God knows that it is upon compulsion that I slay
thee." Now, while the girl was engaged in prayer,
certain pirates rushed into the monument, expecting
to carry off a booty ; and observing a young maid
prostrated, and a man standing over her in the act
tu destroy her, they shouted out : " Stop, barbarian !
that is our prey, not your victory." Theophilus, full
of terror, fled hastily from the monument, and hid
himself by the shore.

The pirates carried off the maid to sea ; and the
steward, returning to his mistress, assured her that
he had obeyed her commands. " I advise you," said
he, *' to put on a moiuning garment, which I also
ynU. do, and shed tears for her death. This will de-
ceive the citizens, to whom we will say that she was
taken off by a sickness." When Stranguilio heard
what had been done, his grief was sincere and vio-
lent. " I will clothe myself in deep moiuning," cried
he, " for I, too, am involved in this fearful enormity.
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a lingering death. Through our means he suffered
shipwreck ; he lost his property, and underwent the
extreme of poverty. Yet we return him evil for
good ! He entrusted his daughter to our care, and a
savage lioness hath devoured her ! Blind wretch that
I was ! Innocent, I grieve. I am overthrown by a
base and venomous serpent." Lifting up his eyes to
heaven, he continued : *' O God ! thou knowest that
I am free from the blood of this girl ; require her of
Dionysias." Then fixing a stem look upon bis wife :
" Enemy of God, and disgrace of man, thou hast de-
stroyed the daughter of a king."

Dionysias made much apparent lamentation ; she
put her household into mourning, and wept bitterly
before the citizens. " My good friends," said she,
" the hope of our eyes, the beloved Tharsia, is gone ;
she is dead. Our tears shall bedew the marble which
we have raised to her memory." The people then
hastened to the place where her form, moulded in
brass, had been erected, in gratitude for the benefits
conferred upon that city by her father.

The pirates transported the maid to Machilenta,
where she was placed among other slaves for sale.
Leno, a most wretched and debauched fellow, hear-
ing of her perfections, endeavoured to buy her ; but
Athanagoras, prince of that city, observing her lofty
port, her beautiful countenance, and wise conduct,
offered ten golden sestertia.

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Leno, I will give twenty.

Athanag, And I thirty.

Leno, Forty.

Athanag. Fifty.

Leno, Eighty.

Athanag, Ninety.

Leno, I will give a hundred sestertia in ready mo-
ney ; if any one offer more, I will give ten golden
sestertia above.

" Why should I contend any further with Leno ?*'
thought Athanagoras : "I may purchase a dozen for
the price she will cost him. Let him have her, aod
by and by I will enter covertly his dwelling and so-
licit her love."

Tharsia was conducted by Leno to a house of ill
fame, in an apartment of which there was a golden
Priapus», richly ornamented with gems.

" Girl ! worship that image/' said Leno.

Tharsia, I may not worship any such thing. O
my lord ! are you not a Lapsatenarian ?.

Leno, Why?

Tharsia, Because the Lapsateni worship Priapus.

Leno, Know you not, wretched girl, that you have
entered the house of the miser Leno ?

Casting herself at his feet, she exclaimed : " O
sir ! do not dishonour me ; be not guilty of such a
flagrant outrage."

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Leno, Are you ignorant that with Leno, and the
torturer, neither prayers nor tears are available ?

He sent for the overseer of the women, and desired
him to array Tharsia in the most splendid apparel,
and proclaim around the city the price of her disho-
nour. The overseer did as he was ordered ; and on
the third day a crowd of people arrived, preceded by
Leno with music. But Athanagoras came first in a
mask ; and Tharsia, looking despairingly upon him,
threw herself at his feet. *' Pity me, my lord ; pity
me, for the love of heaven. By that heaven I adjure
you to save me from dishonour. Hear my story ; and
knowing from whom I sprung, respect my descent,
and defend my innocence." She then detailed the
whole fortunes of her life ; and Athanagoras, confused
and penitent, exclaimed : ** Alas ! and I, too, have a
daughter, whom fate may in like manner afflict. In
your misfortunes I may apprehend hers. Here are
twenty gold pieces ; it is more than your barbarous
master exacts from you. Relate your narrative to
the next comers, and it will ensure your freedom."
Full of gratitude for the generous treatment she ex-
perienced, Tharsia returned him thanks ; but entreated
that her story might not be communicated to others.
'* To none but my own daughter," said he, ** for it
wiU be replete with moral advantage." So saying,
and shedding some tears over her fallen estate, he
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Stopped him, and asked how the girl had behaved.
" None better," returned the prince, " but she is very
sorrowful." The youth entered, and she closed the
door, as on the former occasion. " How much has
the prince given you ?" asked he. " Forty pieces/'
answered the girl. " Here, then, take the whole
pound of gold." Tharsia took the present, but fall-
ing at his feet, explained her situation. Aporiatus
(for that was the young man's name,) answered,
" Rise, lady : we are men ; all of us are subject to
misfortunes." He went out, and observing Athana-
goras laughing, said to him, " You are a fine fellow !
Have you nobody to pledge in tears but me ?" Afraid
that these words should betray the matter, they gave
another turn to the discourse, and awaited the coming
of some other person. Great numbers appeared, but
they all returned in tears, having given her sums of
money. Tharsia having obtained the sum which
Leno had fixed as the price of her dishonour, pre-
sented it to him. ** Take care," said the monster,
" that you bring me whatever money is presented to
you." But the next day, understanding ths^t she
yet preserved her honour, his rage knew no bounds ;
and he immediately commissioned the overseer of the
women to complete the iniquity. When he appeared,
the poor girl's tears flowed in profusion. " Pity me,
sir," said she, falling at his feet ; " my misfortunes
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you will not alone spurn my request. I am the
daughter of a king ; do not dishonour me." " Leno,"
replied he, " is avaricious ; I know not what I can
do." " Sir," answered Tharsia, " I have been edu-
cated in liberal pursuits. I imderstand music: if,
therefore, you will lead me to the forum, you shall
hear my performance. Propose questions to the
people, and I will expound them : I have no doubt
but I shall receive money enough." " WeU," said
the fellow, " I will do as you would have me."

Proclamation being made, the people crowded to
the forum ; and her eloquence and beauty impressed
them all. Whatever question they proposed, she
lucidly answered ; and by these means drew much
wealth from the curious citizens. Athanagoras, also,
watched over her with much anxiety, with little less,
indeed, than he showed to his only child. He recom-
mended her to the care of the overseer, and bought
him to his interest by valuable presents.

Let us now return to Apollonius. After a lapse
of fourteen years, he again made his appearance at
the house of Stranguilio and Dionysias in the city
of Tharsus. No sooner had the former beheld him,
than he strode about like a madman. " Woman,"
said he, addressing his wife, "what wilt thou do now?
Thou saidst that the shipwreckedApollonius was dead;
behold, he comes to demand his daughter : what an-
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'* let us resume our mourning and have recourse to
tears. He will believe that his child died a natural
death." As she said this, Apollonius entered. Ob-
serving their funeral habiliments, he asked, " Do you
grieve at my return ? I believe that those tears are
not yours, but mine." '* Alas !" replied the wicked
woman, " I would to heaven that another, and not I
or my husband, had to detail to you what I must say :
your daughter Tharsia died suddenly." Apollonius
trembled through every limb, and then stood fixed as a
statue. " O woman ! if my daughter be really as you
describe, have her money and clothes also perished ?"
" Some part of both," replied Dionysias, " is of course
expended ; but that you may not hesitate to give faith
to our assurances, we will produce testimony in our
behalf. The citizens, mindful of your munificence,
have raised a brazen monument to her memory, which
your own eyes may see." Apollonius, thus imposed
upon, said to his servants, ** Go ye to the ship ; I will
visit the grave of my unhappy child." There he read
the inscription, as we have detailed above, and then,
as if imprecating a curse upon his own eyes, he ex-
claimed in a paroxysm of mental agony, " Hateful,
cruel sources of perception ! do ye now refuse tears
to the memory of my lamented girl ?" With expres-
sions like these he hastened to his navy, and entreated
his servants to cast him into the sea ; for the world,
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They set sail for Tyre, and for a time the breezes
blew prosperously ; but changing, they were driven
considerably out of their course. Guided by the
good providence of God, they entered the port of
Machilena, where his daughter still abode. The
pilot and the rest of the crew shouted loudly on their
approach to land, and Apollonius sent to inquire the
cause. " My lord," answered the pilot, " the people
of Machilena are engaged in celebrating a birthday."
Apollonius groaned — " All can keep their birthdays
except me. But it is enough that I am miserable ; I
give my attendants ten pieces of gold, and let them
enjoy the festival ; and whosoever presumes to utter
my name, or rejoice in my hearing, command that
his legs be immediately broken." The steward took
the necessary sums, and having purchased supplies,
returned to the ship. Now the bark which conveyed
Apollonius being more honourable than the rest, the
feast was celebrated there more sumptuously. It
happened that Athanagoras, who was enamoured of
the fair Tharsia, walked upon the sea-shore near the
king's ship. " Friends," said he to those who accom-
panied him, " that vessel pleases me." The sailors
with which she was manned, hearing him applaud
their vessel, invited him on board. He went accord-
ingly; and lapng down ten gold pieces upon the
table, observed, "You have not invited me for no-
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questions he had put, informed the prince that their
lord was in great affliction, and wished to die ; they
added that he had lost a wife and a daughter in a fo-
reign country. " I will give you two pieces of gold,"
said Athanagoras to Ardalius, one of his servants, "if
you will go and say to him that the prince of this
city desires a conference." " Two gold pieces," an-
swered the person he spoke to, " will not repair my
broken legs. I pray you send another ; for he has
determined thus to punish any one who approaches
him." ** He made this law for you," returned the
prince, " but not, I think, for me : I will descend
myself; tell me his name." They told him, ApoUo-
nius. ** Apollonius !" said he to himself; '* so Tharsia
calls her father."

He hastened into his presence, and beheld a forlorn
and desolate person. His beard was matted, and his
head in the wildest disorder. In a low, subdued tone
of voice, he said : " Hail, Apollonius !" Apollonius,
supposing it to be one of his own people, fixed on
him a furious look; but seeing an honourable and
handsome man, he leaped from his seat. " You are
doubtless surprised," said the prince, ** at my intru-
sion. I am called Athanagoras, and am prince of
this city. Observing your fleet riding at anchor from
the shore, I was attracted by it ; and, amongst other
things, being struck with the superior structure of this
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for their lord, and they answered that he was over-
whehned with grief. I have therefore ventured hither
in the hope of administering comfort to you, and draw-
ing you once more into the light of joy. I pray God
thlEit it may prove so." Apollonius raised his head :
** Whosoever you are, go in peace ; I am unworthy
to appear at the hanquet, and I do not desire to live."
Perplexed, yet anxious to console the unhappy king,
r Athanagoras returned upon deck, and despatched a
/ messenger to Leno to require the immediate presence
of Tharsia, whose musical skill and eloquence he
thought could not but produce some effect. She
came, and received instructions from the prince. " If
you succeed," said he, " in softening this royal per-
son's affliction, I will present to you thirty gold ses-
tertia, and as many of silver; moreover, for thirty
days redeem you from the power of Leno." The
girl accordingly prepared herself for the task. Ap-
proaching the mourner, " Heaven keep you," said she
in a low plaintive voice, "and make you happy!" She
then sang to an instrument with such a sweet and
ravishing melody, that Apollonius was enchanted.
Her song related to the fortunes she had experienced,
and was to the following effect. That she fell into
the hands of dishonest people, who sought to traffic
with her virtue ; but that she passed innocent through
all her trials. ** Thus," continued she, " the rose is
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down the sword of the smiter. L preserved my virtue
when attacked by the brutal Leno. The wounds of
the mind linger^ and tears fail. In me behold the
only offspring of a royal house. Restrain your tears,
and limit your anxiety. Look up to heaven, and raise
your thoughts above. The Creator and Supporter of
mankind is God ; nor will He permit the tears of his
virtuous servants to be shed in vain." As she con-
cluded, Apollonius fixed his eyes upon the girl, and
eroaned deeply. " Wretched man that I am," said
pe, "how long shall I struggle with my sorrows?
But I am grateful for your attentions ; and if again
permitted to rejoice in the zenith of my power, your
memory will support me. You say you are royally
descended ; who are your parents ? But begone : here
are a hundred gold pieces ; take them, and speak to
me no more. I am consumed with new afflictions."
The girl received his donation, and would have left
the ship, but Athanagbras stopped her. "Whither
are you going ?" said he, " you have as yet done no
good : is your heart so pitiless that you can suffer a
man to destroy himself without striving to prevent
it ?" "I have done everjrthing that I could," an-
swered Tharsia : " he gave me a hundred gold pieces,
and desired me to depart."

" I will give you two hundred pieces if you will
return the money to him, and say, ' My lord, I seek
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Tharsia complied ; and seating herself near to the
king, said, " If you are determined to continue in the
squalid state to which you have accustomed yourself,
give me leave to reason with you. I will propose a
question ; if you can answer it, I will depart ; if not,
I will return your present and go." ** Keep what I
have given; I will not deny your request. For
though my evils admit of no cure, yet I determine
to hearken to yoti. Put your question, then, and
depart."

" Hear me : there is a house in a certain part of
the world which bounds and rebounds, but it is closed
against mankind. This house loudly echoes, but its
inhabitant is ever silent ; and both the house and in-
habitant move forward together. Now if you are a
king, as you aver, you should be wiser than I am.
Resolve the riddle."

'* To prove to you that I am no impostor," said
ApoUonius, " I will reply. The house which bounds
and rebounds, and echoes, is the wave: the mute
inhabitant is a fish, which glides along with its resi-
dence." Tharsia continued: "I am borne rapidly
along by the tall daughter of the grove, which equally
incloses an innumerable company. I glide over va-
rious paths, and leave no footstep." " When I have
answered your questions," said ApoUonius, " I will
show you much that you know not. Yet I am asto-
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wit BO keen and penetrating. The tree inclosing a
host, and passing through various ways without a
trace, is a ship."

" A person passes through circuroferences and tem-
ples 1 without injury. There is a great heat in the
centre which no one removes. The house is not un-
covered, but it suits a naked inhabitant. If you would
allay pain, you must enter into fire."

" I would enter then into a bath, where fire is in-
troduced by means of round tables. The covered
house suits a naked inhabitant ; and he who is naked
in this situation will perspire."

When she had said these and similar things, the
girl threw herself before ApoUonius, and drawing
aside his hands, embraced him. " Hear," said she,
"the voice of your supplicant; regard a virgin's
prayers. It is wicked in men of so much wisdom to
destroy themselves. If you lament your lost wife,
the mercy of God can restore her to you ; if your
deceased child. He can bestow another. You ought
to live and be glad." ApoUonius, irritated at the^
girl's pertinacity, arose, and pushed her from him
with his foot. She fell and cut her cheek, from
which the blood copiously flowed. Terrified at the
wound she had received, she burst into tears, and ex-
claimed, " O thou eternal Architect of the heavens !

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look upon my afflictions. Bom amid the waves and
storms of the ocean, my mother perished in giving
life to her daughter. Denied rest even in the grave,
she was deposited in a chest, with twenty gold ses-
tertia, and thrown into the sea. But I, unhappy, was
delivered by my remaining parent to Stranguilio and
Dionysias, with the . ornaments befitting a royal ex-
tract. I was by them devoted to death ; but whilst
I invoked the assistance of God, a number of pirates
rushed, in, and the . murderer fled. I was brought
hither; and in his own good time God will restcwe
me to my father Apollonius." Here she concluded ;
and the royal mourner, struck with her relation,
shouted with a loud voice, "Merciful Grod! thou
who lookest over heaven and earth, and revealest
that which is hidden, blessed be thy holy name."
Saying this, he fell into the arms of his daughter.
Tenderly he embraced her, and wept aloud for joy.
** My best and only child," said he, ** half of my own
soul ! I shall not die for thy loss. I have found thee,
and I wish to live." Exalting his voice yet more :
"Run hither, my servants, my friends! all of ye;
my misery is at an end. I have found what I had
lost ; my child, my only daughter." Hearing his
exclamations, the attendants ran in, and with them
the prince Athanagoras. They discovered the en-
raptured king weeping upon his daughter's neck.
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Half of my soul ! now will I live." Participating in
their master's happiness, they all wept.

ApoUonius now divested himself of his mourning
dress, and attired himself in regal habiliments. " O
my lord!" said his followers, "how much your daugh-
ter resembles you ! Were there no other guide, that
would indicate her birth." The delighted girl over-
whelmed her recovered parent with kisses. "Blessed
be God," cried she, " who has been so gracious to
me, and given me to see, and live, and die with you."
Then entering into a more detailed account of her
adventures, she related what she endured from the
wretched Leno, and how the Almighty had pro-
tected her.

Athanagoras, fearing lest another might demand
her in marriage, threw himself at the king's feet, and
modestly intimating how instrumental he had been
in promoting their happy reunion, besought him to
bestow his child upon him. '* I cannot deny you,"
returned ApoUonius, "for you have alleviated her
sorrows, and been the means of my present and fii-
ture happiness. Take her. But deeply shall Leno
feel my vengeance." Athanagoras immediately re-
turned to the city, and convoked an assembly of the
people. " Let not our city perish," said he, address-
ing them, " for the crimes of one impious wretch. I
know that king ApoUonius, the father of the beauti-
ful Tharsia, has arrived. Behold where his navy rides.^

He threatens us with instant destruction, unless Lenp>
who would have prostituted his daughter, be given
up to him." Scarcely had he spoken, when the whole
population, men and .women, hurried off to implore
the king's clemency. Seizing the execrable Leno,
they tied his hands to his back, and carried him along
to the presence of offended majesty. Apollonius, clad
in royal robes, his hair shorn, and crowned, ascended
the tribunal with his daughter. The citizens stood
round, in expectation of his address. " Men of
Machilena," said he, "today I have recovered my
daughter, whom the villainous Leno would have cor-
rupted. Neither pity, nor prayers, nor gold, could
prevail with him to desist from his atrocious purposes.
Do ye, therefore, avenge my daughter." The people,
with one voice, answered, ** Let Leno be burnt alive,
and his wealth given to the lady." Instantly the
wretch was brought forward and burnt. " I give
you your liberty," said Tharsia to the overseer, "be-
cause by your kindness, and the kindness of the citi-
zens, I remained unsullied. I also present to you
two himdred gold sestertia." Turning to the other
girls whom Leno had purchased, she added : "Be
free, and forget your past habits." Apollonius, again
addressing the people, returned them thanks for their
compliance with his wishes, and bestowed on them a
donation of five hundred weight of gold. Shouts and
applauses followed ; and they immediately set about

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erecting a statue to their benefactor in the midst of
the city. Upon the base was the following inscrip-
tion:

To Apollonius of Tyre,

The Preserver of our State ;

And to the most holy Tharsia,

His Virgin Daughter.

A few days after, the lady was espoused to Atha-
nagoras, amid the universal joy of the city.

Intending to sail with his daughter and son-in-law
and followers to his own country by way of Tharsus,
an angel admonished him in a dream to make for
Ephesus, and there, entering the temple, relate in a
loud voice all the varied turns of fortune to which he
had been subject from his earliest youth. Accord-
ingly he sailed for Ephesus. Leaving his ship, he
sought out the temple to which his long-lost wife
had retired ; and then, arrayed in all his regal or-
naments, he entered with an honourable escorts]
Then was made known to her who was chief there,
that there was a king come, with his son-in-law and
with his daughter, with great gifts. When she heard
that, she adorned herself with a royal robe, and clothed
herself with purple, and decorated her head with gold
and with gems, and, surrounded by a large assemblage
of damsels, came towards the king. She was indeed

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exceedingly beautiful, and, for [24] her great love
of purity, they all said that there was no Diana so
estimable as she.

When Apollonius saw that, he with his son-in-law
and with his daughter ran to her, and all fell at her
feet, and thought that she was Diana the goddess,
for her great brightness and beauty. The holy house
was then opened, and the offerings were brought in,
and Apollonius began then to speak and say : "I
from childhood was named ApoUonius, born in Tyre.
When I came to full understanding, there was no art
that was cultivated by kings or noblemen that I knew
not. I interpreted the riddle of Antiochus the king,
to the end that I might receive his daughter to wife ;
but he himself was associated with her in the foTilest
pollution, and then laid snares to slay me. When I
fled from them, then I was wrecked at sea, and came
to Cyrene; then Arcestrates the king received me
with so great love, that I at last merited so that he
gave me his own daughter to wife. She then went
with me to receive my kingdom, and this my daugh-
ter, whom I, before thee, Diana, have present, gave
birth to at sea, and resigned her spirit. I then clothed
her with a royal robe, and, with gold and a letter, laid
her in a coffin, that he who might find her shoTild
worthily bury her, and committed this my daughter
to a most wicked man to support. I then journeyed to
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I returned, they told me that my [25] daughter was
dead, and my pain was all renewed to me."

When he had related all these things, Arcestrate,
his wife, rose up and embraced him. Apollonius then
neither knew nor believed that she was his wife, but
shoved her from him. She then with loud voice cried,
and said with weeping : " I am Arcestrate thy wife,
daughter of Arcestrates the king ; and thou art Apol-
lonius my master, who didst teach me ; thou art the
shipwrecked man that I loved, not for lust, but for
wisdom. Where is my daughter ?" He turned him-
self then to Tharsia, and said : ** ITiis is she." And
they all wept and also rejoiced. And the story, ran
through all that land that Apollonius the great king
had found his wife ; and there was infinite joy, and
the organs were played, and the trumpets blown;
and there was a joyful feast prepared between the
king and the people ; and she (Arcestrate) placed her
young damsel, who attended her, as priestess ; and
with joy and weeping of all the province of Ephesus,
she went with her husband, and with her son-in-law
and with her daughter, to Antioch, where the kingdom
was reserved for Apollonius. He went from thence
to Tyre, and there established Athanagoras his son-
in-law as king ; went thence to Tharsus with his wife
and with his daughter, and with a royal train, and
immediately ordered Stranguilio and Dionysias to be
seized and led before him where he sat on his throne.

26] 81

[26] When they were brought, then said he before
all the assembly : ** Ye citizens of Tharsus, say ye
that I, ApoUonius, ever did you any injury ?" They
all with one voice said : " We said always that thou
wert our king and father, and for thee we would
gladly die, because thou redeemedst us from famine."
ApoUonius then said : ** I entrusted my daughter to
Stranguilio and Dionysias, and they would not re-
store her to me." That wicked woman said : " Did
you, my lord, not really read the letters over her
sepulchre ?" Then ApoUonius called very loud, and
said : ** Dear daughter Tharsia, if there be any un-
derstanding in hell, leave thou that house of torment,
and hear thou thy father's voicQ." The maiden then
came forth, clad in a royal robe, and uncovered her
head, and said aloud to the wicked woman : " Diony-
sias, hail to thee ! I now greet thee, called from hell."
The guilty woman trembled then in all her limbs when
she looked on her, and the townsfolk wondered and
rejoiqed. Then Tharsia commanded Theophilus, the
steward of Dionysias, to be led before her, and said
to him : " Theophilus, in order to save thyself, say,
with loud voice, who commanded thee to slay me."
The steward said : '* Dionysias, my lady." Where-
upon the townspeople seized Stranguilio and his wife,
and led them out into the city, and stoned them to
death, and would also slay Theophilus ; but Tharsia
interceded for him, and said : " But that this man

82 [27

granted me the time to pray to God, I should not
have [27] come to this honour." She then truly
extended her hand to him, and bade him go in safety;
and Philothemia, the daughter of the accused, Tharsia
took to her, ApoUonius then, indeed, gave the peo-
ple great gifts to rejoice them, and their walls were
reestablished. He then dwelt there six months, and
went then in a ship to the Cyrenian town Pentapolis,
and came to Arcestrates the king : and the king re-
joiced in his old age that he saw his granddaughter
with her husband. They remained together one year
entire; and the king Arcestrates then departed in
ripe old age among them all, and bequeathed half his
kingdom to ApoUonius, half to his daughter.

All these things being thus done, ApoUonius the
great king went towards the sea, when he saw the
old fisherman who had formerly received him naked.
Then the king ordered him to be suddenly seized and
led to the royal hall. When the fisherman saw that
the soldiers would take him, then he thought at first
that they were to slay him ; but when he came into
the king's hall, then the king ordered him to be led
before the queen, and thus said : *' O thou happy
queen ! this is my benefactor, who received me naked,
and directed me so that I came to thee." Then
ApoUonius looked to the fisherman, and said : " O
benevolent old man ! I am ApoUonius the Tyrian, to
whom thou gavest half thy coat." Then the king

28] 83

gave him two hundred pence in gold, and had him as
a companion the time he lived.

[28] Hellanicus also then came to him, who had
before announced to him what long Antiochus had
decreed concerning him ; and he said to the king :
** Lord king, remember Hellanicus thy servant."
Then Apollonius took him by the hand, and raised
him up and kissed him, and made him wealthy, and
placed him as companion to him. After all this,
Apollonius begat a son by his consort, whom he esta-
blished as king in the kingdom of Arcestrates his
grandfather ; and he himself lived lovingly with his
consort seventy-seven years, and held the kingdom
in Antioch, and in Tyre, and in Cyrene. And he
lived in quiet and in bliss all the time of his life after
his hardship ; and two books he himself composed
concerning his adventure, and set one in the temple
of Diana, the other in the library.

Here endeth both the woe and the weal of Antio-
chus the Tyrian : read it who will ; and if any one
read it, I beg that he blame not the translation, but
that he conceal whatever may be therein blamewor^
thy.

GLOSSARY

OF WORDS OCCURRING IN THE STORY OF

APOLLONIUS, NOT EXPLAINED IN THE GLOSSARY

TO THE ANALECTA ANGLO-SAXONICA ;

Arranged according to their Roots,

[Words marked with an asterisk are corrections of the Glossary
to the Analecta Anglo- Saxonica. Prefixed particles are printed
in Italics.]

A.

Creacsian, to inquire after,

^fest, 1 . . ,
' Y envums, jealous,

^festful, J

^festian, to be envious,
Onselan, to inflame.
Gesemtigan, to be at leisure,

vacare.
^r-wacol, early awake,
^tfel-boren) of noble birth,
^ifel-borennes, nobility,
UnstfSele, ignoble, plebeian, .

* > brass.
Mr J

Arleasnes, impiety, wickedness,
Attor, i. q. ater & atter, poison,
Axsian, i. q. axian/to ask, in-
quire.

B.

B«fS, III. 1. bath, Gr. 93.

Bsetf-stede, bath-stead, bath-
ing-place,

G^eban, III. 1 ? proclamation.

Batfian, to bathe.

*Bend, signifying bond, is of-
tener II. 2. than II. 3.

Beodan, pret bead, 2. bude,
pp. boden, to announce, of-
fer, promise, command, Gr.
193.

Beorscipe, entertainment,

^ifian, to tremble,

i^ilignes, anger.

Bird, \ III. 1. birth; gene-

•Crebyrd, J rally used in the
plural.

86

* \tomb,
in, to h

SI'-

Birgen,

Byrgen,

^bisgian, to busy, engage one*
self,

Bisy,

Bisig,

Boc-cist, II. 3. book-chest, book-
case,

Boc-craeft, book-craft, litera-
ture.

Boclic, booklike, contained in
books, learned,

*Bold, II. 1. house,

Gebdren, born ; from beran.

OferhiBsdaai, to spread over.

^brecan, to break (into),

Brid-bed» marriage-bed.

Brid-gifta, II. 3. nuptials; used
only in the plural. Gr. 87.

In-gehnng&n, pret -brohte, to
bring in.

B&r, bower, chamber.

C.

Campian, to fight.

Ceaster-gewara, i. q. -wara,
citizens, townsfolk.

Cliopian, i. q. cleopian, to call.

Fwiclyppan, to embrace.

Ungecnawen, unknown.

Ggcneordnes, study, acquire-
ment f

Cnyssan, to strike, dash.

^cumani to bear, sustain.

CufS, known, familiar, domestic.

Gecvreme, estimable.
Cwic-suslen, sulphureous, fiery.
Cyneddm, kingdom,
Cyne-helm, crown,
Cyne-rice, III. 1. kingdom.
Cyne-setl, royal seat, throne.
Cyrlisc, churlish, of the common

people ; from ceorl.
Cystignes, liberality, bounty.

D.

Dseg, day ; to-dseg, to-day.

Gedafenlic, proper, fitting.

Digolnes, i. q. digelnys, secret.

Bedihlian, i. q. bediglian, to
conceaL

Dihtnere, II. 2. steward.

Dirstig, i. q. dyrstig, daring.

D6m, II. 2. condition, sentence.

D6m'Set\, judgement-seat, tri-
bunal.

GedrefRii, to trouble, vex ; ge-
drefed, cycled.

Gedrefednes, sorrow, affliction,
trouble.

-rfdry'fan, to drive from.

D(in-land, mountainous land;
from dim, mountain.

Dwelian, to err.

E.

To-eacan, in addition to.
Ealda, old man,
Ealdorman, prince.

87

East-northern, north-east,
E&fSet easily, and p. 1 1, line 1 3,

apparently an error for e&fS,

more easily.
Est, II. 2. provision, meat,

F.

Fsederlic, paternal,
Befasstan, to commit,
Fesstnes, firmness, constancy,

l*^"'} fain, glad, joafuL
t aegen, J

Ge&TBn, to experience, suffer,

G«feallan, to fail.

Feccan, pret fehte, to fetch,

Fifti, r'^^

Find, i. q. fynd, pi. of feond,

foe, enemy,
^firsian, to drive away,
Fiscnot^, IL 2 ? fishing,
Flima, fugitive,
To-ge^teB, adv. in emulation,

FortJwerd, I f^ard, onward,
Fortfweard, J

Fostor-modor, foster-mother,
Fremfiilnes, utility, benefit,
Freod6m, freedom,
Freondscipe, friendship,
Frigffree,
Frind, i. q. frynd, pi. of fireond,

friend,
Fultumiend, II. 2. supporter.
Onfundennes, discovery, solu-
tion.

G.

Gaderung, i. q. gegaderung,
assembly,

Gaines, lust, libido.

^gin, to go ; pp. agan, gone,
Gt, 212.

Ingkn, to enter,

Tqg&n, topartfgo different ways,

Gege&rcian, to prepare,

Gearo, accurately,

Gest-htis, guest-house, inn,

Giden, i. q. gyden, goddess.

Giftelic, marriageable, Isl. at
gifta, to marry,

Gim, gem,

Gingre, I. 3. disciple,

^ginnan, pret -gan, pi. -gun-
non, to begin, set about.

Begirdan, to begird.

Gegirla, garment.

Forgitan, pret -geat, to forget,

Gitsung, i. q. gytsung, avarice,

Gladian, to be joyful.

G^eg6dian, to enrich,

Cregretan, i. q. gretan, to greet,

Greting, II. 3. greeting, salu-
tation,

^ngrislic, horrid, terrible,

Gyman, to yearn, desire; often
governs a genitive W the
. object

H.

H&li, i. q. h&lig, holy,
Geh&ten, called; from h&tan.
Heaf, II. 2. sigh, groan.

i2

88

Beheafdung, beheading.

Healice, chiefly; healicost, in
preference to all othert,

Hearpe-nsegl, futrp'-nailf pleo
trum.

Hearpe-streng, II. 2. Jiarp*
string,

Hearpian, to play on the harp,

Hefigy tedious,

Helan, to conceal,

Heof, moumingf lament.

*Hiht,l II. 2. hope, expecta-

Hyht, J tion,

Gehihtan, to hope, trust.

l^vn-^Vi^, belonging to the house-
hold, familiaris.

HUdan, pret hldd, to load.

Hnecca, neck, cervix.

Q/erhogian, to despise,

^* > squalid,
Horig, J

Horn, III. 1. pollution, filth,

sordes.
Hund-teontig, hundred,
Hwar, i. q. hw«r, where,
Hwa^erode, probably an error
for hrat^erode, i. q. hretfode,
raged; from lire]>ian, ssevire.
Hwig, i. q. hwi, why,
Hyred-man, domestic, retainer,
Gehyvredffeigned, cusumed, hy-
pocritical.

I.

Geinnian, to indemn\fy^

Irlic, angry,

Irre, i. q. yrre, ire, anger.
lugutr, i. q. geogotf, youth.
lung, i. q. geong, young.

L.

GeXtBccaxL, pret -Isehte, to catch.
Lst'ran, to advise,
L«'nncg-mBsden, female pupil,
^laetan, to let forth, give up

(the ghost).
Leaf, II. 3. leave, permission.
Lengc, L q. leng, longer.
Leogan, pret leah, pi. lugon,

to lie ; leogende, lying.
^esan, i. q. alysan, to redeem,

liberate.
J(ff«lician, to be displeasing.
^nlicnes, likeness, statue.
f'orliden, shipwrecked; from

lit^an, to navigate, Gr. 248.

M.

G^emscca, make, mate; used
both of males and females.

Gemsegnan, i. q. gemengan, to
mingle,

Msenio, many, multitude,

Mangere, i. q. mancgere, mon-
ger, merchant,

^tVmeten, compared, compara-
ble ; from wit^metan.

Mid ]»am j^e, when, after that.

Mid ])i, or mid '}^y,when,sinee*

89

Moddren, maternaL
Morcnung, complaint,
MoTgeu'gifUf dower, Ger.Mor-

gengabe.
Mynegian, i. q. myngian, to

€ulmonishf exhort,

N. -

Nies na, twt,

Naht, not,

Na y &n, not only.

Geneadian, to compeL

Nefe» granddaughter,

Gen^mnian, to name,

Neod-gebirian, to happen of

necessity,
Genihtoum, sufficient,abundant,
Crenihtoumian, to suffice,
Ge-edniwiBLni to renew,
*Gem^&, hatCf enmity; Cod.

Exon. 56, 6.
Nyhst, superL of neah, 6r.

p. 51. set nyhstan (nyxtan),

at last*

O,

On, a; as, on fiscno^, (go) a

fishing.
Organs, organ ; generally used

in the plural.

P.

Psnig, penny,
Plega, play, game.

Plegan, to play,

Purpra, purple, purple robe,

R.

Rscan, i. q. gersecan, to reach,

hold out,
Ara/d&n, to read, guess,
Misrat'dan, to misread, misin-
terpret.
Raedels, II. 2. riddle ; rsdelse,

I. 3. is also usual.
Rsedlice, L q. hraedlice, quickly,

promptly,
Rsednes, readiness, promptness.
^raefnian, to endure,
Reaf, robe, tapestry, drapery,
iBereafian, to bereave, rob; be-

reafigend, robber, spoiler,
*Reced, house, &c., though

sometimes masc, as Cod.

Exon. 79, a,, is usually of

the neut gen.

^redian, \. , ...

,. M** *'^^t "»* upon,
ArsMiiaxk, J

G^efa, overseer, steward,

^reodian, to become red,

Reowlice, lamentably, cruelly.

Reownes,

Hreownes,

Riht, 1 right, lawful, Just,

Anht, J rightly ; rihte, right'

ly.

Ring, 1. q. bring, ring.
Rowan, 3. rew^, pret. reow, to
row.

} rough

iness, storm.

Id

90

R(kd, redness,

S.

GesaslfSf III. 1. happiness, ad'

vantage f good.
^saendan, i. q. asendan, to send.
S&rlic, painful, sorrowful, grie-

vous,
Unsca&fSfSi, for unscstTtTig,

harmless, innocent.
Scamfsest, shamefaeed,hashfuU
Scamu, i. q. sceamU) shame*
Scicels, II. 2. cloak,
J'orscildian, to accuse, condemn ;

forscildod, guilty, Ger. ver-

schulden.
Scite, I. 3. sheet,
Unscoien, unshorn ; from sce-

ran. Gr. 229.
Ge-tnseglian, to seal,
Seglung, sailing, navigation,
^settan, to propose,
Sid-feax, with dishevelled Aatr.
Sillan, i. q. syllan & sellan, to

sell, give.
G^esin^an, to sin, do wrong,
Gesirwan, to lay snares for,
Ymbsitt&n, to sit around,
•SitJ-fet, II. 2. journey.
Slsecan, put off, procrastinate,
^smeagung, meditation, inves'

tigation,
Smercian, to smirk, smile,
G^esmerian, i. q. smy^rian, to

smear, anoint.

Smiltnesi serenity.
Snelnes, activity,
Snotomes, wisdom.
Sona swa, as soon as.
Besorgiaoi, to sorrow for.
Ofateefnan, to stone,
Understandsin, to dare,venture.

Ger. unterstehen.
Gestat^elian, "1 to establish,
Gesta.'SoUan, I make good,
Ge^dstsiSelmn, to re-estdbUsh.
Strand, 11. 2 ? strand, shore.
Gesund, sound, healthy: wel

gesund, a form of salutation,

all hail!
SuV-western, southwest,
Sweg^crseft, music,
Sweo^e, i. q. switfe, very, valdc.
Swerian, pret swerede & swor,

to swear, Gr. 240.
^fu^swerian, i. q. andswarian,

to answer,
Geswerian, to swear,
iBeswican, to delude.
•Swige, silence,
Swigian, to keep silence,
Forswigian, to conceal by keep'

ing silence, reticere. Ger.

verschweigen.
Swingan, pret swang, to strike.
Geaynscv^z&,nuptials s used ge-
nerally in the plural, like

gyfta.
*J9esyrode, ensnared; from be-
syrian.

91

T.

Tacen-bora, standard-bearer ,
signifer. Why this title is
given to the fisherman does
not appear.

JSetsecan, to assign^ appoint.

G^tsecan, pret. -tahte, to point
out*

Tal, II. 3. blame,

FoviSleon, to exhibit,

Geieon, to play {on the organ,
&c.).

Getogen, educated, instructed;
from teon.

Top, II. 2. apparently the same
as J>o^er. I am not aware
of this word occurring else-
where in A. S., or of its exist-
ence in any cognate dialect

•Trym, step; trem, Beow. 1.
5047.

Tweonian, to doubt; sometimes
used impersonally, with gen.
of object

W.

Avrkcan, pret aw6c, to awake,

intrans. .
JSewaefan, to wrap, clothe,
WflBfels, II. 2. co<a, cloak,
Wael-reow, i. q. wsel-hreow,

bloodthirsty,
Wael-reownes, cruelty,
C7ew8emman, to pollute, sully,

defile.

Gewse^nan, i. q. gew^nan, to

turn,
Wsendan, i. q. wendan, to turn,

return,
^waendan, i, q. awendan, to

change,
Bewsndan, i. q. bewendan, to

turn,
Gewaendan, L q. gewendan, to

turn,
-rfwaendednes, translation,
yfsSovlic, theatrical; fromwa-

fian, to gaze on with admi-

ration,
Forwaxidian, to revere, fuwe re-

sped for; forwandigende,

respectful,

C/n/orwandigcndlice, unblush"
ingly,

Wea, trouble, affliction,
Cycwcalc, III. 1. rolling; from

wealcan, to roll,
Weax, II. 1. wax,
Wel-willendlice, benevolently,
Welwillendnes, benevolence.
W6n, II. 3. hope, probability,
Wid-cu^, u^dely known, pub-
lic,
Gewiht, III. 1 ? weight,
Willes, willingly: his wilUs,o/
his own accord. This adverb
is analogous with nihtes.
Gr. 108.
Oeynlnung, desire,
Gewinnan, pret -wan, pL-wun-
non, to win, gain, hit upon.

92

On^on-winnan, to struggle
againstf resist.

Winstra, left, sinister.

Gewia, prudent, skilful.

jPorwltan, to know beforehand,

Ny'tan (ne witan), not to know.
This word is inadvertently
omitted in the Glossary to
the Analecta A. S.

l/nwreon, i. q. onwredn, to un-
cover.

Q/erwritan, to read over,

Wuda-land, woodland.

UngewuneWCf unusual, uncom-
mon.

WurfJ,! II. 1. worth, value,

Wyrty, J price.

Wyrrest, worst. Gr. p. 51.

Y.

Yldan, to delay, postpone.
JEtywian, i q. ateowian, &c.,
to show.

Unyaxkc, II. 2. harm, injury,

pancful, thankful.

pearfende, needy, in misery:

from ]?earfan.
pearfendlic, poor.
peawi endowment, quality.
pegn, i. q. ]>egen, thane, mini^

ster, servant.
Be'pencaxi, pret -}>ohte, to bc"

think, consider, ponder over.
Ge'j^nc&n,to think of, remember.
penung, attendance.
peow, servant; but p. 1 2, line 20,

used adjectively for servile.
Mis^inc&n, to seem wrong, to

mistake.
ping, thing, place: on ]>isum

])ingum, f'n this state.

potior, J

pweal, III. 1 ? place for wash'

ing, lavacnun ; from ])wean,

to wash.

ANNOTANDA.

Page 14, line 14, qfter gebeorscipe some words seem wanting to

complete the sense,

— 16, — 12, *j gecig )>e to ]»inum frynd (freondum ?). The

sense of this passage seems very uncertain,

— — 20, — 17, naes git yfel wif. Ctf these words I can make no

sense ; they are not in the Latin text of the
Gesta, whuih has, " Apollonius ait, Sume co-
dicillos quos tibi misit pater tuus, et lege."

CORRIGENDA IN MS.

Page 6, line 8, /or fundon read funden

— — — 25 f for Antiochio read Antiocho

7, — 20, /or ]Mi read Jye

— — 9, — 11, (^ter wselreowesta insert [deat^]

-^— 12, — S,for mine read minne

— ■ 13, — 4, /or geslegene rea<^ geslegenne

19, — 16, /or gecneordnessan rea^ gecneordnessa

— 28, — 9, /or ealde-fseder read ealda-faeder

ERRATA.

Page is, line ult, /or into read in to

15, — 17 1 for stille restore the reading of the MS. stilli,

as being the orthography of the Saxon trans"

latorfor stillig.

28, — 4, /or hande read handa

39, — 23, dele I was

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